25 August 2005

Australian e-health framework calls for open standards

  Australia’s agency responsible for delivering e-health throughout the country, the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), has just published guidelines
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24 August 2005

Communication key to cutting missed appointments

  A new survey of GP surgeries by health education charity Developing Patient Partnerships and the Institute of Healthcare Management
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24 August 2005

NHS smart cards may be re-dealt

The current version of the NHS smart card, being issued to all NHS staff to enable them to access new
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23 August 2005

GP2GP transfer to pilot next month in Gateshead

Nine practices in Gateshead PCT are to become the first in England to pilot GP2GP transfer of records next month.
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23 August 2005

IT may solve feedback problems on cancer referrals

A study published in the European Journal of Cancer Care about feedback given to GPs who refer patients with ovarian
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23 August 2005

PCT IT service agreement still missing

A service level agreement to guarantee the level of IT service practices should receive from primary care trusts under the
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23 August 2005

A new era of choice?

Sean Riddell, deputy managing director of EMIS, examines the current climate five months after the DH announced it would allow
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23 August 2005

PDAs beat pagers for doctor response times, says study

A study published in the open-access journal BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making has revealed that surgeons at a London
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22 August 2005

NHS 24 buys knowledge management system

Information and knowledge management consultancy LSC Group is to provide a knowledge management system including geographic information system for NHS
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22 August 2005

Pancreatic cancer surgery gets 3D imaging

  Scientists at the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) have developed software that can generate three-dimensional models of the pancreas
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