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BT to deliver Theatre Manager in London

BT has signed an agreement with specialist developers, Picis, to deliver new operating theatre management systems to six hospital trusts in
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Royal Free launches GUM text appointment booking

A new text messaging service allowing patients to make appointments for treatment at a time convenient for them is to be launched
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QMS to ditch IDX for Cerner in 2007

Queen Mary Sidcup (QMS), the only London trust to have received a new hospital IT system under the NHS computerisation scheme,
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DH carrying out ‘confidential’ review of CfH

E-Health Insider has learned that an urgent ‘confidential’ review of the NHS IT programme and structure of Connecting for Health,
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DH survey reveals choice recall of just 30%

Only 30% of patients can recall being offered a choice of hospital for their outpatient appointments, according to figures from
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RIO becomes strategic solution for London

CSE-Servelec has announced to financial markets that it has completed contract negotiations with BT to provide its RiO system to
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Immunisation records ‘too poor to migrate’

Staff trying to migrate existing child immunisation records to new systems in London face a “complete mess”, according to a
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BT completes switch to Cerner

BT, the local service provider for London under the NHS IT investment programme, has confirmed that it has completed the
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System failure

How much did the recent case of Penny Campbell, who died after speaking to eight out-of-hours doctors, have to do
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Compulsory cleaning keyboard battles MRSA

A new keyboard that reminds its user that it needs to be cleaned regularly has been developed by scientists at
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