29 November 2005

GPs urged to accept ETP software

GPs are to be asked to accept software for electronic transmission of prescriptions as soon as possible as part of
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29 November 2005

Scotland-wide PACS deal goes to Kodak

NHS Scotland has awarded a national contract to Eastman Kodak Company’s Health Group to deliver a picture archiving and communications
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29 November 2005

PACS in practice

An innovative project to establish a PACS system in general practice linked to the local hospital is taking place in
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29 November 2005

NHS domain block causing bounced patient e-mail

E-mails to nhs.uk addresses from patients may be being blocked due to the inclusion of nhs.uk on a site used
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28 November 2005

Seven pharmacy systems accredited for R1 ETP

Seven out of 11 pharmacy systems have attained technical accreditation for release one of electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) according
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28 November 2005

Newcastle opts for ChemoCare

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust has signed up for a chemotherapy prescribing solution which will operate across three sites and provide
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25 November 2005

Requests for direct access to NCRS resisted

The Care Record Development Board (CRDB) has resisted requests for agencies concerned with child protection to draw information directly from
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24 November 2005

No sealed envelopes for first summary records

No ‘sealed envelope’ technology will be available for the very first release of the NHS Care Record Service next year,
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24 November 2005

Kodak chosen for Finnish e-health project

Eastman Kodak’s Health Group has been selected as the main supplier of Finland’s RATU e-health project, which aims to integrate
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24 November 2005

CfH clinical lead predicts consensus on consent

Connecting for Health and the medical profession will be able to reach a consensus on the consent model for the
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