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One in ten EPS pharmacies scanning all barcodes

Only 11% of pharmacies enabled for the Electronic Prescription Service are scanning every barcode prescription with problems including slow download
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BCS launches new NHS IT qualification

A new qualification, NHS ELITE (NHS eLearning IT Essentials), has been launched by the British Computer Society and Department of
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Six trusts win awards for safety and quality

Healthcare intelligence specialists CHKS Group has presented six NHS trusts across Great Britain with awards recognising outstanding achievement in patient
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Eighty per cent of European GPs using e-records

A new Europe-wide survey on e-health has found that 87% of European GPs now use a computer, 80% of whom
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IT heads gather in Greifswald for ALKRZ

Increasing numbers of university hospitals in Germany are using shared IT systems for biomedical research. Greifswald university hospital, where the
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NHS chief execs may be accountable for data loss

The Information Commissioner has backed proposals by cabinet secretary, Sir Gus O’Donnell to hold senior Whitehall figures and NHS chief executives
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EHI’s industry news roundup 25.04.08

E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 25 April 2008 featuring supplier news, appointments and awards. Supplier
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NEC to provide methadone dispensers to prisons

NEC UK has signed a five-year framework agreement with the Department of Health to provide biometric-based Computer Controlled Methadone Dispensing
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Victoria suffers Cerner and iSoft delays

A large-scale Australian health IT project, using the same two key software suppliers as the NHS IT programme, is two
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Southern trusts hit by CRS failure

The Millennium NHS Care Records System application, meant to become the critical clinical system used by NHS staff across Southern
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