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24 November 2005

Wristband risk to patient safety highlighted

A drive to raise awareness of the importance of patients wearing hospital wristbands should make barcode and RFID technology more
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3 November 2005

IT has critical role in patient safety, says watchdog

 Public service watchdog, the National Audit Office, has underlined the key role IT should play in improving patient safety not
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3 November 2005

Ealing and Southend-on-Sea start patient txt messaging

Mobile messaging firm iPlato  has announced that practices from two more primary care trusts in England have started using its
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13 September 2005

PCT’s e-mail error leaks patient details

A full investigation is underway into an e-mail error that led to confidential information about 92 patients being distributed from
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9 September 2005

IMS Maxims helps cut Irish patient waiting

  IMS Maxims has announced that it has successfully installed a new Patient Management System on behalf of the Irish
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27 July 2005

Ofcom investigates patient phone systems

Patientline has said it will suspend new installations in hospitals pending the outcome of an Ofcom inquiry into complaints about
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26 July 2005

National patient safety database delivers first results

The National Patient Safety Agency has published its first report on patient safety incidents across the NHS in England and
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18 July 2005

Increase seen in patient booking calls

The call centre set up to deal with Choose and Book appointments is beginning to receive a small number of
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22 June 2005

Concerns over incomplete patient record transfers

GPs are to be reminded to send all important information when patients move practice after concern that some records are
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1 June 2005

Addenbrooke’s installs SMS patient reminder system

Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, has implemented an SMS reminder system for patient appointments after a series of pilots of different software.
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