6 July 2005

Forrest answers NPfIT communication concerns

  Martyn Forrest, Regional Implementation Director (RID) for the North East cluster and acting RID for London, has promised to
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5 July 2005

QOF publication due despite GP concerns

Publication of individual practice results for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is likely to go ahead in England, Wales
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5 July 2005

Cystic fibrosis patients test out mobile support

Encouraging early results have been seen in trials of a mobile device to support people living with the life-limiting genetic
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5 July 2005

Fingerprint health record access wins £3,000 prize

  A group of GP practices, which enable patients to access their records using biometrics and view health information and book
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4 July 2005

‘Choose and Book’ will improve, says Pringle

Choose and book will improve over this summer, Professor Mike Pringle, GP lead for NHS Connecting for Health has pledged.
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4 July 2005

22 NHS organisations convert to shared services

The joint venture between outsourcing and technology specialists, Xansa ,and the Department of Health which offers shared finance and accounting services has
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4 July 2005

Technology key to transformed ambulance services

Electronic patient records and the planned central repository for patient information will be vital components of many the changes needed
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1 July 2005

Nurse prescribers lack access to computer systems

Lack of access to computer-generated prescriptions is holding back nurse prescribing according to a report published this week. An evaluation
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1 July 2005

Comments invited for NHS electronic record guidance

  The Department of Health has issued a revised version of its guidance for records management in the NHS to
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30 June 2005

Cerner and Fujitsu reach agreement on Southern Cluster

US health IT supplier, Cerner Corporation, and local service provider for England’s Southern NHS Cluster, Fujitsu, have agreed a memorandum
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