PRIMIS + launches data discussion board
PRIMIS+ has set up an online discussion board to raise awareness of common issues and publicise best practice amongst those using shared records. The Data Recording board, which is receiving funding from PRIMIS’ “core budget”, is open to all PRIMIS+ facilitators and anyone who is recording or using community data. Users must first register to […]
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Speakers announced for 2008 HL7 UK conference
Speakers at the sixth annual HL7 UK Conference will include a strong supplier and international line-up. They include Matthew Swindells, the author of the NHS Informatics Review and now head of Tribal Health and international speakers who are due to speak come from Holland and Canada. Industry speakers will include individuals from BT, Cerner, CSC, INPS and […]
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Healthcare Interoperability, the video
On 30 October E-Health Insider is running Healthcare Interoperability at the International Convention Centre Birmingham. To find out more about the event and why you should attend watch our short video on the event. Healthcare Interoperability is an exciting new one day conference and exhibition for everyone working to achieve an interoperable and integrated health […]
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MPs call for overhaul of quality framework
The Department of Health should revamp the Quality and Outcomes Framework to give more weight to health outcomes and less to activity, MPs have said.
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DH invests £11m in dental IT training
The DH has announced it will give an extra £11m to ten of the 11 dental teaching hospitals in England, to help fund IT systems that will support the training of dental students.
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Scottish NHS gets £1m to secure USB ports
NHS boards across Scotland are to share £1m to help them improve their IT security, beginning with securing USB ports.
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iSoft to launch RadCentre in the Netherlands
Health IT specialist iSoft says it will launch its RadCentre radiology information system in the Netherlands this autumn.
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ASSIST says idea NHS like a bank ‘fundamentally flawed’
NHS informatics professional body ASSIST has published a paper saying the original NHS National Programme for IT plan of a one size fits all approach “does not work”.
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Royal Brompton and Harefield implements WLAN
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, has implemented a wireless local area network (WLAN) supplied by French telecoms giant Alcatel-Lucent.
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Leicester to use WinScribe digital dictation
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust will introduce SRC’s WinScribe digital dictation systems in a bid to meet Department of Health sustainability targets and improve patient experience.
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