5 December 2005

New mothers in Wales first to have access to EHRs

New mothers are to be among the first in Wales to receive access to their own electronic health records constructed
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5 December 2005

NPfIT support procurement enters final stretch

NHS Connecting for Health has announced that the three remaining bidders for the First Line Service Support (FLSS) contract are
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2 December 2005

Ofcom investigation dents Patientline results

Patientline, the supplier of bedside phones and entertainment for patients, has reported a 39% increase in pre-tax losses, due partly
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1 December 2005

Arresting ideas

Clinicians who work in police custody in four counties in south-east England are being supported by a new software suite,
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1 December 2005

Patient records to get quality checks

GP practices are to be paid to bring patient records up to national data accreditation standards as part of the
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1 December 2005

Local trust data overwritten by Choose and Book

E-Health Insider has learned that some hospitals linked to the national Choose and Book appointment booking system are having some
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30 November 2005

Common exception reporting standards called for

Exception reporting rates for the Quality and Outcomes Framework need to be subject to uniform standards to ensure as many
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30 November 2005

London trust goes live with spine-connected PAS

Queen Mary’s Hospital, south-east London, has become the first hospital trust in London to go live with a ‘strategic’ patient
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30 November 2005

PACS roll-out stalls in NW and West Midlands

The roll-out programme for PACS in the North West and West Midlands of England by CSC looks in danger of
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29 November 2005

Technology effective in dementia home care

Assistive technology for dementia sufferers living at home can be cost-effective, increase patients’ independence and deliver support to unpaid carers,
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