Data

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4 May 2005

BMA issues FOI guidelines for GPs

The BMA has issued new guidance to General Practitioners on the Freedom of Information Act advising them to be open
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3 May 2005

Americans want personal health records

The majority of Americans want to be able to access an online personal health record (PHR), providing them with details
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3 May 2005

Release QoF data if asked, BMA advises

GPs are being advised to release Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) data before national figures are published if their practices
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29 April 2005

Germany joins hospital RFID pilots

Germany has joined the growing number of countries experimenting with wireless tagging of hospital patients to improve safety and provide easier access
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29 April 2005

Hospital e-mail filter can weed out drug spam

Hammersmith Hospitals NHS trust has installed a spam e-mail filter which the manufacturers say is sophisticated enough to tell genuine
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28 April 2005

Data mining can help epilepsy treatment

A study in the US has shown that computer software has proved to be useful in estimating the prevalence and
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27 April 2005

RCN Congress calls for nurse IT involvement

Nurses need training and guidance to use new IT systems within the NHS or they risk being left on the sidelines,
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26 April 2005

Data migration hurdles detailed in leaked report

The complex task of transferring data from existing GP clinical systems into systems supplied under NHS Connecting for Health (CfH)
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25 April 2005

NHS contract delays hit TATA growth

Another commercial player in the National Programme for IT, TATA Consultancy Services (TCS), has reported lower than average financial figures
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21 April 2005

E-Health Innovation Awards winners announced

Health technology projects that help diabetic patients, speed up results reporting for X-rays and scans and deliver vital information for
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