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30 June 2006

EHR opt-out debate “doesn’t matter to patients”

The question of whether patients opt into having their electronic records shared or have to specifically request to opt out
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27 June 2006

CfH still sidelining doctors, BMA chair claims

The chairman of the British Medical Association has told his members that “another year has been wasted” in efforts to
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22 June 2006

Teachers’ TV offers e-learning lesson to clinicians

Medical professions could learn a great deal from the education sector in video-based online learning, particularly from projects such as
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30 May 2006

Care records now running 2.5 years late

Health minister Lord Warner has said that plans to introduce an integrated electronic medical record for every NHS patient in
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11 May 2006

NPfIT could ‘transform’ drug reaction reporting

Reporting of adverse drug reactions in England could be transformed by systematic collection through the National Programme for IT, according
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27 April 2006

Cardiac surgery outcomes website launches

A public website showing outcomes in adult cardiac surgery is due to be launched today by the Society for Cardiothoracic
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25 April 2006

QoF scores likely to continue to rise

Practices will have achieved even higher scores from the Quality and Outcomes Framework in the last 12 months than in
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11 April 2006

Large scale takeup of C+B DES predicted

The majority of GP practices in England are likely to sign up for the choice and booking directed enhanced service,
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13 March 2006

Information sharing protocol to be devised

A single information sharing protocol for health and adult social care staff is to be developed by the end of
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7 March 2006

Trouble continues over online doctor recruitment

Senior clinicians have expressed concerns that the online selection process for student doctors looking for their first placement is not
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