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24 June 2003

Open Source: PCTs Must Continue to Offer Choice of Systems

In the new slot for opinion and comment Dr Nilesh Jain of Torex Health takes up the question of GPs
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23 June 2003

The Tablet PC on Test

Hospital doctor and former computer programmer, Andrew Harrison, has been testing a Tablet PC on the wards with some interesting
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20 June 2003

Safety Gains Available from IT

IT can substantially improve the safety of medical care but few of the technologies likely to achieve this are implemented,
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19 June 2003

Granger: Rip and Replace Fears Unfounded

Fears of a wholesale rip and replace strategy to update NHS IT are unfounded and existing ‘legacy’ systems will continue
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19 June 2003

GPC Chair Pledges Practices Will Retain Choice

Dr John Chisolm, chairman of the British Medical Association’s (BMA) General Practitioners Committee (GPC) has pledged to fight to defend
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18 June 2003

“NHS Has Not Yet Dreamed of the Things IT Can Do” – Confed Chief

The NHS Confederation annual conference opens in Glasgow next week so E-Health Insider fixed an interview with its chief executive,
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17 June 2003

Dedicated Website Launched For OOH Modernisation

The NHS out-of-hours (OOH) modernisation programme has set up a dedicated website offering policy and technical information and news updates.
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16 June 2003

Twin Awards for NHS Numbers for Babies

The NHS Information Authority scooped two top prizes for the NHS Numbers of Babies (NN4B) service at the 2003 Government
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12 June 2003

Granger says Failure will be Penalised

NHS IT Director General Richard Granger this week raised the ante for would-be suppliers to the National Programme for IT
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11 June 2003

European Award for NHS Direct Online

Health advice and information portal, NHS Direct Online, was chosen as one of four winners of the first eEurope Awards
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