26 October 2005

Communicating in a crisis

Christopher Small, Director for Public Sector, Telewest Business, argues that the NHS must have robust networks in place to deal
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26 October 2005

Singapore’s National Healthcare Group buys Soarian

Siemens Medical Solutions has signed a major deal with Singapore’s National Healthcare Group (NHG) for an enterprise-wide implementation of its
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25 October 2005

Upgrade leaves practice without consultant letters

A practice has had to run consultations without access to consultants’ letters for almost a month because of an IT
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25 October 2005

Loophole could force release of deceased’s records

A loophole in the Data Protection Act means GPs could be forced to disclose the records of deceased patients, GP
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25 October 2005

Comms strategy must be tested for emergencies

Every NHS organisation must test their communication strategy twice a year in order to ensure readiness for major incidents, according
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24 October 2005

Primis wins NHS data quality contract

Primis, the primary care data quality service, has won a four year contract with Connecting for Health to work with
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24 October 2005

Scottish GPs aim for 90% e-referral in 2006

Scottish GPs should be sending 90% of referrals electronically by the end of March next year, according to new guidance
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24 October 2005

Results not excuses, Aussie guru tells NHS IT leaders

An international expert in project management has told senior NHS IT staff that internal politics and a ‘silo mentality’ are
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21 October 2005

Survey shows support for ‘.health’ TLD

There is considerable support for a ‘.health’ top level domain (TLD), but as long as it is restricted to sites
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20 October 2005

James Paget gets outsider PACS

James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust in Norfolk has become the first hospital trust in England to go live with an
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