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GPs shape the future of health IT
In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Peter Short, one of the agency’s national clinical leads for GPs, discusses some key issues for the profession.
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Heart surgery survival data published
The NHS has published data for trusts across the country on the survival rates of four different conditions. The data is published today on NHS Choices and is intended to help patients make informed choices about where they get treatnment. The data for the four common cardiac operations for each trust in England comes from […]
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Tories promise NHS information revolution
The Conservative Party has promised an “information revolution” in the NHS with a focus on health outcomes.
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Safer surgery tool launched by WHO
The World Health Organisation has devised a new safety checklist designed to help cut the number of preventable surgical complications and deaths. Currently, the checklist is only available on paper, but its developer Professor Atul Gawande of Harvard University, told E-Health Europe, that work was underway to create an electronic version. The checklist identifies three phases of […]
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Safer surgery checklist launched by WHO
The World Health Organisation has devised a new safety checklist designed to help cut the number of preventable surgical complications and deaths. Currently, the checklist is only available on paper, but the surgeon who developed it, Professor Atul Gawande of Harvard University, told E-Health Insider, that work was underway to create an electronic version. The checklist […]
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NHS Choices to publish death rates
The Department of Health (DH) is to publish death rates of patients undergoing major surgery at NHS hospitals in England, on the NHS Choices website from later this summer. The aim of the move is to provide patients with information on the mortality rates of NHS trusts carrying out major surgical procedures such as hip […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 30.05.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 30 May 2008 featuring supplier news, awards and information on newly published research reports. Supplier news Ascribe announces 12 new sales in last year Ascribe has announced that during the last 12 months it has increased the customer base of its next generation hospital Web […]
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Inside story – ASCC
Students showcase medical robotics innovations
Click for full size image. A new type of endoscope probe which can plot a 3D course inside a patient using fibre optics, was one of five new robotic innovations showcased by students at Imperial College London on Tuesday. Special software has been designed which can plan a course inside the body for a flexible […]
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