E-health and the EU
The UK’s presidency of the EU promises to be a significant one for e-health, Lyn Whitfield reports.
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Conference call
Were GPs right to vote against electronically sharing patient information at this month’s BMA local medical committees’ conference?
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Beating the bug
Yvonne Peel of CHKS makes the case for better collection of information about hospital acquired infections such as MRSA.
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in4tek sponsored feature
This E-Health Insider feature, supported by in4tek, brings together together case studies and news about developments in integrating health and social care information in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Canada.
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PACS tomorrow
Daloni Carlisle reports for E-Health Insider on why PACS delivery is slower than expected, and reveals that affordability is mostly to blame.
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Solving the maze
Gerry Yantis and Nikolai Segora from Capgemini argue for greater integration between IT programmes in primary care.
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Tag team care
Colin Jervis of Kinetic Consulting examines some of the innovative ways that RFID tags are being used in patient care and health administration.
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Reboot for South
E-Health Insider Editor Jon Hoeksma examines the significance of the decision to replace IDX as the clinical systems provider for the NHS in the South of England.
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Code of practice
Tim Benson from training company Abies explains SNOMED CT, the clinical coding system that forms the basis of the NHS Care Records Service.
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Baby steps
E-Health Insider Primary Care reports on two pilot initiatives in sharing of children’s details between local authority and health service professionals.
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