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Counter fraud staff to gain right to access NHS records

Health Minister, Lord Warner today unveiled new powers that will provide NHS counter fraud staff with the power to demand
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A few billion between friends?

After a week of headlines about implementation costs for the NHS IT modernisation programme E-Health Insider takes a rain check
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Why GPs face Hobson’s choice

An exclusive interview with Sean Riddell, deputy managing director of EMIS, about how he believes that GPs are being denied
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EMIS hits back at ‘speculation and misrepresentation’

Leading UK primary care IT supplier EMIS has issued new guidance to practices using its systems stating the firm’s long-term
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Laptop and mobile ban lifted in new MHRA guidelines

The Medicines and Health Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued new guidelines about the use of wireless communication and electronics in hospitals
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Trusts refuse to pay suppliers’ legacy upgrade costs

The National Programme for IT’s policy on legacy systems is causing confusion among trusts and suppliers over who should pay
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Patient and clinical advisory boards to be replaced

A new Care Record Development Board (CRDB) is to be created to help ensure NHS IT helps deliver better patient
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BMA asks for clarity on care record issues

Doctors at the British Medical Association’s Annual Representative Meeting at Llandudno have demanded that the NHS Care Records System should not
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ASSIST attacks GP boycott of electronic records

The chairman of the Association for ICT Professionals in Health and Social Care (ASSIST) has condemned GPs for voting not
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Does Dr Robot usher in new era of metal medics?

From automated call-centre systems to car assembly factories, it seems that wherever you look, a robot is waiting to take
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