Flexibility key, says Forrest
In an exclusive interview, Martyn Forrest, Regional Implementation Director for the North East of England sets out the challenges of making sure NPfIT is delivered.
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Release the pharmacists
Better application of technology could take the administrative burden away from hospital pharmacists, leaving them free to concentrate on patient care.
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Speak for yourself
New developments in speech recognition technology could make it a useful tool for clinicians, says Marcel Wassink of Philips.
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Implementing PACS
Dr Mahibur Rahman explains the benefits and costs of introducing picture archiving, and shows what can happen if things go wrong.
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Keeping an eye on ID
Identifying patients to access their records can be a big problem for A&E staff and paramedics. So why not use biometric scanning, wonders Michael Casey?
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A few billion between friends?
After a week of headlines about implementation costs for the NHS IT modernisation programme E-Health Insider takes a rain check on understanding of this key issue.
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Life outside NPfIT: Wales
In the first part of a series, E-Health Insider looks at the developments in healthcare IT in Wales, under the Informing Healthcare programme.
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Virus concern for radiology
Medical scanners hit by viruses and worms can be put out of action for weeks while manufacturers decide how the problem can be fixed and whether patches to prevent future problems can be applied, an investigation by E-Health Insider has found.
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MedInfo 2004: a global view of health connectivity
Health IT leaders from England, Australia, Canada and the US met at the recent MedInfo 2004 conference to compare notes on health connectivity. Neil Versel reports.
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Why GPs face Hobson’s choice
An exclusive interview with Sean Riddell, deputy managing director of EMIS, about how he believes that GPs are being denied the choice of systems promised to them under the GP contract.
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