Telewest sponsored feature
E-Health Insider and Telewest Business have created this feature which gives the background to the targets for efficiency gains, provides examples of NHS organisations that have used ICT to make gains and offers 10 top tips for boosting productivity.
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ETP potential
EHI talks to Tim Donohoe, group director at Connecting for Health, about the development of the national electronic prescribing service.
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Evidence in practice
Sally Hernando from Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire WDC explains a new project to get learning materials about NPfIT into the junior doctors’ curriculum.
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Choose to stay
Most general practices would be better off sticking with their existing systems, says Ewan Davis, chair of the Primary Health Care Specialist Group at the British Computer Society.
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Making NP fit
Access to centralised records as promised by NPfIT will force a redesign of the way information is handled in the NHS, Colin Jervis of Kinetic Consulting argues.
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Adapt or perish
Barbara Stuttle, NHS Connecting for Heath’s community nursing lead, speaks to EHI Primary Care about the urgent need for the profession to grapple with IT.
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Communicating in a crisis
Christopher Small, Director for Public Sector, Telewest Business, argues that the NHS must have robust networks in place to deal with major incidents.
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From dependence to responsibility
In the first of a two part article, Iain Anderson from Capgemini looks at the drivers for change in the way we address long-term conditions in the UK.
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emis sponsored feature
The traditional GP’s surgery is changing. From internet appointment booking to fingerprint recognition technology in the waiting room, a new breed of electronic services is starting to transform doctors’ – and patients’ – lives.
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Correcting for health
EHI Primary Care looks at Connecting for Health’s work in updating health IT in prisons, and progress in a similar scheme in Ireland.
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