Wellpoint Sentinel System to monitor drug safety
US health insurer WellPoint Inc is developing a system that will use its 35m member database to monitor and more quickly identify potential safety problems of approved medicines. Launching in mid-2009, the new system is expected to be capable of continually monitoring its 35m member database and identifying increases in health problems among members taking […]
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Worthing still has ‘data quality issues’
Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS trust is continuing to experience problems of data quality and generating statutory reports seven months after going live with a new Care Records System (CRS) supplied by Cerner and installed by Fujitsu. Worthing Hospital initially experienced ‘inflated’ waiting lists and problems with data quality following its switch to Cerner Millennium […]
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NHS Choices partners with UK online centres
NHS Choices, the health information website, has partnered with UK online centres to help people without IT access or web surfing skills to view online health information. More than 300 UK online centres will form a network of NHS Choices Community Champions, led by a flagship centre in each region. Over the next 12 months, […]
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