8 February 2006

Manchester hospitals link up with GPs

Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust have launched a system that enables clinical correspondence to be electronically
Read More
8 February 2006

Nursing engagement ‘could become a risk’

Communication with nurses affected by new IT implementations is an issue and will become a risk without appropriate action, IT
Read More
7 February 2006

Not so secure

Fiona Barr explains the background to the recent controversy over confidentiality in the personal demographics service.
Read More
7 February 2006

Demographic service poses security risk, say senior GPs

The two most senior GP representatives in England have written to Connecting for Health to demand reassurances on patient confidentiality
Read More
7 February 2006

Egton and Brother to offer extended warranties

Egton and Brother have started to offer extended technical support to their products in what they are calling an industry
Read More
7 February 2006

Texting reduces treatment times for STIs

A six-month study into the effect of text messaging in an STI clinic has revealed that sending notifications by SMS
Read More
7 February 2006

Health IT pioneer, Frank Burns, to retire

Frank Burns, chief executive of Wirral Hospital NHS Trust in Merseyside and a pioneer of healthcare IT in the UK,
Read More
6 February 2006

NHS primary care director to take questions online today

The Department of Health’s national clinical director for Primary Care, Dr David Colin-Thome, will be online at 17.30 on Monday
Read More
6 February 2006

Hospital admissions predictive software updated

A new version of predictive risk software to help identify patients most at risk of emergency hospital admissions has been
Read More
6 February 2006

Sheffield children’s trust takes Strand for mental health

Sheffield Children’s Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the UK’s largest providers of child and adolescent mental health services has signed
Read More