Audit Commission says Information Quality a Priority
The Audit Commission has published a new report highlighting the need for NHS organisations to take urgent steps to improve the quality of data used in administrative and clinical systems. ‘Data Remember: Improving the quality of patient-based information in the NHS’, mainly focuses on the quality of data used in administrative systems, and says that […]
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Review Underway to Get EPR ‘Back on Track’
Jon Hoeksma A major review of Electronic Patient Records (EPR) is underway by the Department of Health to get the programme back on track and the Information Policy Unit (IPU) has at last acknowledged the early EPR targets will not be met. E-Health Insider has learned that a review of the EPR programme is underway […]
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Docobo Demonstrates Benefits of Cardiac Monitoring System
Docobo Ltd, the leading Estonian telemedicine firm, has announced the publication of favourable results for clinical trials of its doc@home home monitoring programme for patients with hypertension, which it claims confirm the usefulness of the system for treating cardiac patients. Benefits identified in the trials included reductions in patients’ blood pressure and body weight, together […]
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