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26 September 2006

Fewer flights

Identifying "frequent flyers" - patients at high risk of emergency admission - will soon be possible thanks to a new
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18 September 2006

E-learning for foundation doctors launched

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) Publishing Group has launched a new broadband learning service for junior foundation doctors and their
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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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10 May 2006

BMJ’s evidence-based consumer info site launched

Consumer health information provider, BMJ BestTreatments, has officially launched its public website saying the service is proving a great hit with
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30 November 2005

Common exception reporting standards called for

Exception reporting rates for the Quality and Outcomes Framework need to be subject to uniform standards to ensure as many
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7 November 2005

Lessons for NPfIT from ‘wild ride’ to US failure

A study of the ‘wild ride’ towards a failed implementation of a new electronic medical record system found a ‘transient
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10 May 2005

GP says clinical consultation not delivering

A GP involved in advising Connecting for Health has claimed the programme is being mismanaged with professional input ignored and
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21 April 2005

Kaiser to end ‘wobbly’ medicine

Doctors working without computerised systems are working in the “operational dark ages”, according to George Halvorson, chief executive officer of
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4 January 2005

Virtual chaperone keeps watch on clinicians

Recording devices such as a ‘virtual chaperone’ for clinicians have been developed in Imperial College, London in the hope that
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20 August 2004

Doctors should see patients by e-mail, researchers say

Research published in the BMJ today has found that doctors and patients are both missing out on the benefits that
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