14 November 2005

Granger says NPfIT in danger of being derailed

The director in charge of the £6.2 billion NHS National Programme for IT has warned that the project is in
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14 November 2005

Decision support helps cut antibiotic over-use

Clinical decision support can help to reduce the inappropriate prescription of antibiotics in primary care, according to a US study.
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14 November 2005

NHS e-health research should focus on patients

Researchers into e-health should be concentrating on long-term change and projects from the patients’ point of view, rather than studying
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11 November 2005

Chester to survey patients on outcomes

The Countess of Chester NHS Trust has signed up to a patient reported outcomes programme run by analytical benchmarking company,
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10 November 2005

Evidence in practice

Sally Hernando from Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire WDC explains a new project to get learning materials about NPfIT into the
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10 November 2005

Granger answers Choose and Book critics

NHS IT chief, Richard Granger, says that low usage of the Choose and Book system is not something he can
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10 November 2005

New accessible PILs for visually impaired

A new service, X-PIL, is launched this week offering patient information leaflets (PILs) in Braille and other formats, such as
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10 November 2005

EHI cited by Commons Public Accounts Committee

The Department of Health director responsible for the NHS National Programme for IT was taken to task last week by
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9 November 2005

Cameraphones help dieters keep track of meals

Dieters in the US and Canada are photographing their food with camera phones and sending them to dieticians, thanks to
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9 November 2005

iSoft named North West business of the year

Manchester-based supplier of clinical software, iSoft, has been named North West business of the year by the Manchester Evening News,
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