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14 July 2005

Retinopathy software gets funding boost

 Digital Healthcare, Cambridge-based manufacturers of ophthalmic and diabetic retinopathy software, have just announced that they have received £3m of funding
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5 July 2005

QOF publication due despite GP concerns

Publication of individual practice results for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is likely to go ahead in England, Wales
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1 July 2005

Nurse prescribers lack access to computer systems

Lack of access to computer-generated prescriptions is holding back nurse prescribing according to a report published this week. An evaluation
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23 June 2005

National A+E system begins rollout in Scotland

iSOFT has announced the first implementation of a Scotland-wide A&E informatics system in NHS Grampian. The Emergency Department Information System
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13 June 2005

Software to calculate cardiovascular risk for diabetics

The University of Oxford is planning to release software that calculates cardiovascular risk for patients with Type 2 diabetes based
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10 June 2005

GP database study raises questions about NSAIDS

A database of anonymised GP records run by the University of Nottingham and EMIS has provided the data for a
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7 June 2005

Telemedicine the future of care in Scotland, says report

A report into the future of the health service in Scotland has praised the use of telemedicine in the country,
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6 June 2005

Common Scottish EHR in three years, report advises

Scotland should aim to have its own electronic health record system within three years, a report into the future development
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31 May 2005

Scotland publishes QoF data online

The first official practice by practice results for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) have appeared with the online publication
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24 May 2005

National Scottish NHS IT procurement begins

 The National Health Service for Scotland has begun re-tendering exercise for end-to-end delivery of its principal IT services, in a
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