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23 December 2003

Granger says final LSP contract will come when ‘right’

The final local service provider (LSP) contract for the South of England will be signed in the New Year, when
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23 October 2003

No rational reason to make N3 a closed system

NHS IT director-general Richard Granger says there will be adequate controls on information passing over the new NHS network but
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14 August 2003

XML Special Focus: Unblocking Beds

Bed blocking is an issue faced by every acute hospital. At Queen Alexandra Hospital in the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust,
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14 August 2003

XML Special Focus: e-Booking for GP Special Interest Clinics

Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust (TPCT) faced the common problem of long waiting times for hospital dermatology appointments, but also
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5 June 2003

Yakult to Sponsor Text Appointment Reminders

Enpocket, a provider of mobile media and technology services, has announced that bio-yoghurt drink brand Yakult has become the first
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8 May 2003

Mandatory Shared Financial Services Dropped

Plans to save up to £500m a year in NHS administration costs through the introduction of a next generation standardised
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3 April 2003

Shared Financial Services Pilots go Live

The first NHS Financial Shared Services Centre (SSC) went live on 1 April, marking a milestone in the provision of
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10 February 2003

Conservatives Detect Panic on Healthcare IT

A Conservative health spokesperson has told E-Health Insider that he is worried the NHS National Programme for IT is too
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5 February 2003

Kaiser Permanente Aims for E-Health within Three Years

Kaiser Permanente, the second biggest integrated health delivery organisation in the US, has announced that it will invest $1.8 billion
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30 January 2003

Portsmouth Predicts Savings from Clinical Workflow System

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust has announced it has implemented an XML-based clinical workflow system, which it anticipates will help support
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