7 March 2005

Survey exposes unsafe security practice

Measures taken by doctors to safeguard confidentiality, especially electronic records, are severely deficient and fuel the concerns of those trusted
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4 March 2005

Free software for dentists estimates tooth decay risk

A researcher at a university in southern Sweden has developed a free piece of software that can calculate the risk
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4 March 2005

Wheelchair data put on electronic patient record

Ethitec, manufacturers of patient record system Tiara9 and the Equipment Loans Management System (ELMS), has developed a new module that
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3 March 2005

IT input for nurses

E-Health Insider speaks to Sharon Levy from the RCN about what steps NPfIT needs to take to engage with nurses,
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3 March 2005

Patient records on spine to be accessed via PDA

Oracle, who are providing infrastructure for the NPfIT for the NHS data spine, have signed a partnership deal with Medify
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2 March 2005

‘ID card’ devices to protect lone NHS staff

NHS staff working alone in the community are to be issued with mobile communication devices designed to help them call
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2 March 2005

PACS data stores to get central funds

The Department of Health has announced that it will centrally fund the capital and revenue costs of five Cluster Data
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1 March 2005

MPs told ETP plans may jeopardise patient choice

Pharmacist representatives have told MPs that plans to allow GPs and other prescribers to nominate a patient’s pharmacy for electronic
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28 February 2005

First ETP pilot goes live under the national programme

Ling House Medical Centre and Co-operative Group Pharmacy in Keighley, West Yorkshire, have become the sites to use Electronic Transmission
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28 February 2005

NHS turns to online training on MRSA

An online training course about MRSA (methycillin-resistant Staphyllococcus aureus) infection now has users in over 300 NHS primary care and
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