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Nhs.uk to provide information for Patient Choice

Patients will be encouraged to use the NHS online service, nhs.uk, to gather information about NHS hospitals when they are
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NPfIT launches patient and clinician advisory groups

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has launched two new consultative groups to help shape the future direction of the
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Information Vital to Extending Patient Choice

Health Secretary John Reid has upped the ante on the Government’s patient choice agenda and the electronic appointment booking targets,
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ComMedica Unveils Web-Based Patient Record

ComMedica, a spinout company from London University’s Imperial College of Science and Technology, this week formally unveiled its Patient Record
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NHS LifeHouse to Test Patient Smart Cards

A study by NHS LifeHouse , a London NHS R&D funded group, is to begin later this year to assess
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Survey Challenges Compulsory Patient Data Sharing

A new survey by ICM research finds that 95% of patients said they would not allow civil servants access to
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Strong Patient Demand for Online Access to Doctors

Ninety percent of adults who are online want some form of electronic communication with their doctors, according to US market
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GPs Believe EPRs Will Improve Patient Care

A major new survey of the attitudes Yorkshire GPs to electronic patient records in primary and community care has revealed
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Government Urged to be Patient on Patient Records

The Government should accept that the 2005 target for electronic patient records will be missed and not be panicked into
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