New PCT monitoring software unveiled
Performance Investigator, a web-enabled analysis tool that runs over NHSNet, is to replace OSCAR and Organisation HealthCheck as the standard system for monitoring the operation of Primary Care Trusts. The new system is an improvement on the previous ones as it allows users access to detailed activity and performance reports, as well as the ability to […]
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Porn-Blocking Software Impedes Access to Health Info
The most restrictive settings on pornography-blocking software shut out the highest proportion of health sites without delivering substantially higher gains in pornography restriction, researchers have found. The findings are significant because the Internet has become an important tool for finding health information, especially among adolescents. There is concern that blocking software cannot perfectly discriminate between […]
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Hospital Appointment Alerts Software Under Development
Cd U cm 2 St Swithins nxt wk? A future in which patients could be alerted to changes in hospital appointments via text messages and other popular form of electronic communication was outlined this week by chief executive of the Office of e-Envoy’s e-delivery team (EDT), Alan Mather. Speaking to Computing magazine, Mr Mather, whose […]
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Consultation on Open Source Software (OSS) Strategy Nears End
The NHS information Authority has published a reminder that the consultation period for the Office of the e-Envoy’s draft Government Policy on Open Source Software (OSS) is drawing to a close. The closing date for consultation on the draft policy document, first published in December 2001, is 12 March 2002. This policy will apply to NHS […]
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NHS Signs Landmark National Software Deal With Microsoft
The NHS has completed a three-year corporate software licensing deal with Microsoft Ltd, which will see all NHS computer users get access to the latest Microsoft software and potentially save the NHS £50m. The new "NHS Enterprise Agreement", which has immediate effect, will dramatically rationalise the NHS’s previously fragmented purchasing of Microsoft products. Senior NHS […]
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