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16 April 2003

NHS Urged to Adopt EAN.UCC Standard

UK-based campaigning group, e.centre, has welcomed a ruling by the US Food and Drug Administration mandating the use of a
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16 April 2003

Spring Quiz: Try the Easter Brainteaser

Welcome to our Spring Quiz. Here are 20 questions to test your knowledge of IT acronyms, technology in fiction and
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3 April 2003

Let Pioneers Keep on Pioneering, Says Frank Burns

One of the best known pioneers of IT in the NHS has issued an eloquent plea for trusts that make
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27 March 2003

National Programme ‘Mobilises’ for Delivery

The shape of things to come on NHS IT started to become clearer during the course of Healthcare Computing with
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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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22 January 2003

Trusts Must Not Stop Local IT Investment – Lord Hunt

NHS trusts must put sustained local investment into their IT to complement investment from the National IT Programme, health minister
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15 January 2003

Information Will Play a Key Role in Diabetes NSF

The Department of Health’s new diabetes National Service Framework (NSF) envisages a key role for information in the management of
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14 January 2003

AAFP Explores Open-Source EHR

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is considering developing and selling low-cost "open-source" electronic medical records (EMR) software to
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9 January 2003

Two Key Contracts Awarded to Consultants

Two vital contracts, covering technical and IT standards, and management of the National Information Programme, have been awarded to external
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19 December 2002

The NHS and the IT Industry: Over to You (part 2)

Last week, E-Health Insider published a round-up of comments from readers on the apparent new hard line on suppliers being
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