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11 April 2002

One of the biggest obstacles to electronic records is getting doctors to enter patient details onto systems electronically. A US

4 February 2002

Patients registered with a group of practices in South West London have become some of the first to benefit from

31 January 2002

One of the key figures behind the development of electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) in the UK has publicly questioned

4 January 2002

The BMJ Publishing Group has teamed up with InferMed, a leading UK provider of clinical software, to assess the feasibility

10 December 2001

Health Secretary Alan Milburn used a Microsoft-sponsored Department of Health (DH) IT conference attended by Bill Gates to pledge an

21 November 2001

A non-disclosure agreement (NDA) designed to spell out clearly the duty to maintain the confidentiality of patient records could help

21 November 2001

Achieving the “robust, flexible and standardised” NHS information system envisaged by health secretary, Alan Milburn, will be difficult while the

20 November 2001

A new NHS network called NHS Plus has been officially launched to market occupational health services to the private sector,

31 October 2001

The UK health service is still struggling to adopt the information technology and business practices that will drag it out

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