14 March 2005

EMRs reduce visits for primary and specialist care

The introduction of electronic medical records (EMRs) reduced visits to primary and specialist outpatient care in two regions covered by the
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11 March 2005

Version One updates document imaging with OCR

Version One has announced a new version of its document imaging software used by a number of NHS trusts that
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10 March 2005

UCLH goes live

UCLH is the first to go live with Carecast from IDX; what can other trusts learn from the experience? E-Health
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10 March 2005

Limited public access to cardiac surgery data agreed

The Central Cardiac Audit Database is to have a public portal allowing access to selected cardiac surgery mortality data. The
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9 March 2005

Single sign-on targeted at UK health organisations

An IT security company which claims successful implementations in US hospitals of its enterprise single-sign on (ESSO) system has set
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8 March 2005

No single opt-out on medical records database

Patients will be unable to make a single request for their records not to be held on the NHS Care
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8 March 2005

NPfIT defends its ETP plans

The National Programme for IT has defended its plans for electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) which it says will enhance
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8 March 2005

Conservatives call for NHS IT review

Andrew Lansley, Shadow Secretary of State for Health, has announced that a future Conservative government would commission an urgent review
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7 March 2005

Genetic database developed for GP support

GPs could soon have automatically-updated ‘virtual laboratories’ of genetic medicine available for reference during consultations, thanks to a project being
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7 March 2005

Good telecare comes in small packages, argue researchers

Research undertaken by the University of Newcastle has revealed that service-specific telemedicine and videoconferencing systems are of limited value to
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