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3 October 2005

Universal CRS sheds bright light on old issues

Many of the questions raised by electronic records are not new, but their universal nature sheds a bright light on
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3 October 2005

Two lines to combat GP cynicism – Jeavons

Connecting for Health’s director of service implementation, Richard Jeavons, has attributed GP cynicism about IT modernisation to the newspapes and
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30 September 2005

Products launched with too little testing, say IT heads

More than two thirds (68%) of IT managers around Europe think too many products and services are launched with insufficient
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30 September 2005

PCT safety culture needed to prevent errors

A lack of understanding about IT systems and a failure to establish a safety culture are to blame for the
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29 September 2005

After Katrina

An unprecedented mobilisation of information technology could be just what the doctor ordered to prevent a major public health crisis
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29 September 2005

GE to buy IDX for £681 million

General Electric Co.’s healthcare unit is to buy US health IT software supplier IDX Systems Corp. in a deal worth
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29 September 2005

CfH approaches 2,000th deployment

Connecting for Health’s (CfH) latest deployment figures indicate that almost 2,000 systems had been deployed by the programme as of
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29 September 2005

Accreditation for e-prescription service software

Pharmacy software specialist, Systems Solutions, has received accreditation from NHS Connecting for Health to transmit prescriptions electronically through N3, the
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28 September 2005

Code red

Daloni Carlisle reports on how the often neglected discipline of clinical coding is becoming vital to the financial health of
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28 September 2005

Adults with learning difficulties excluded

The first national survey of adults with learning difficulties in England has highlighted the extent to which they face hardship
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