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Electronic paths through NICE guidance

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has launched an online tool that brings together all of its connected guidance in an electronic flowchart.


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Mentor articles fail NHS Evidence tests

Healthcare IT system supplier EMIS has failed to get NHS Evidence accreditation for its Mentor clinical reference articles. NHS Evidence said it had made a final decision not to accredit EMIS Clinical Immediate Reference articles because of “a lack of a sufficiently detailed documented process around the scope, purpose and rigour used to develop the […]


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Enquire within

NHS Evidence is a new route to guidance and best practice. Daloni Carlisle reports on the site and the technology behind it.


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DH to review hand-held devices

The Department of Health is to review the market for hand-held devices for community-based staff, with a view to issuing guidance to primary care trusts on what is available. The review was announced in a “progress report” on the final report of Lord Darzi’s Next Stage Review of the NHS, which was published a year […]


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NHS Evidence launches

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has launched NHS Evidence, an online source of “fast, free, relevant and trustworthy” information for health and social care staff. The new service was promised in the final report of Lord Darzi’s Next Stage Review of the NHS, High Quality Care for All and is being promoted as […]


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Money found for NHS innovation

Health minister Lord Darzi has unveiled a package of measures to encourage and spread innovation in the NHS. Speaking at the launch of Innovation for a Healthier Future at the Science Museum in London, Lord Darzi said innovation was “close to my heart” and had the potential to “excite” both staff and patients. “We have […]


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Information at heart of NHS Constitution

Providing information to support choice is a “major priority” for the health service, according to the new NHS Constitution for England. A handbook published to support the constitution, which was launched at a “historic signing ceremony” at Downing Street yesterday, highlights a number of areas in which IT and information services will be developed to […]


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