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15 September 2010

Orange launches mobile messaging service

French mobile telecomms giant Orange has launched a mobile messaging service specifically targeted at healthcare. The Health Gateway service is
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7 September 2010

Call to add 0345 to NHS Direct-111 mix

NHS Direct has been urged to allow patients to use 0345 as an alternative to the current 0845 number, before
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29 August 2010

Row brews over end of NHS Direct

The government has defended its decision to scrap NHS Direct and replace it with a new 111 number service.
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20 August 2010

iNurse moves onto BlackBerry

Advanced Health and Care has announced that iNurse mobile solution can now be used on BlackBerry devices. iNurse enables community
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10 August 2010

My verdict on EMIS Web

Our GP columnist Dr Neil Paul takes a look at EMIS’s new system and reports back on his first impressions
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27 July 2010

NHS Direct to extend home working

NHS Direct has announced that it will treble the number of staff covered by its home working pilot by March
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22 July 2010

Fund looks to tech to assess access

A think tank has suggested that two technology-based initiatives could be included in a raft of measures to assess the quality
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14 July 2010

‘Large numbers’ of staff to lose jobs

The Department of Health's informatics directorate is one of the few areas of the NHS that is safe from change
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11 June 2010

King’s Fund hears more C&B grumbles

Patients value having a choice of hospital but GPs and providers have complaints about the way Choose and Book works
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28 May 2010

GP plans nursing home access to records

A GP is to explore giving nursing home staff electronic access to patient records in a move he claims could
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