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21 March 2002

Switching on Lightbulb

Early birds who rose in time for an HC 2002 breakfast meeting were rewarded with an account of the preparatory
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21 March 2002

NHS Web-based Email Due for Summer Launch

A national email service designed to meet the needs of the NHS is now due to be launched this summer,
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19 March 2002

Top Effectiveness Prize for Wirral

An automated dispensing system that has saves staff time and reduces drug dispensing errors took the top prize in the
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15 March 2002

Audit Commission says Information Quality a Priority

The Audit Commission has published a new report highlighting the need for NHS organisations to take urgent steps to improve
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14 March 2002

Review Underway to Get EPR ‘Back on Track’

Jon Hoeksma A major review of Electronic Patient Records (EPR) is underway by the Department of Health to get the
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14 March 2002

EPR at the Heart of NHS Redesign

Electronic patient records (EPRs) are good news for NHS organisations and patients, but recent academic research by the NHS Confederation’s
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14 March 2002

Government Urged to be Patient on Patient Records

The Government should accept that the 2005 target for electronic patient records will be missed and not be panicked into
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13 March 2002

New Quality Mark Launched for Health Information

A new website and "Triangle Mark" have been launched by the Centre for Health Information Quality (C-H-i-Q’s) to help raise
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12 March 2002

Can EPRs Save Time? Yes, But…

Tentative evidence that electronic patient records can save time has emerged from a survey of users at Poole Hospital, Dorset
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12 March 2002

Internet Will Empower Service Users

The 21st century will be the age of the net empowered medical end user and the patient-driven online support networks
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