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Time to power up

Think-tanks, managers and suppliers agree on the vision of the NHS information strategy; but they worry about some of its
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King’s manages referrals with PCTI

A new referral management system at King’s College Hospital NHS Trust is allowing clinicians to triage referrals electronically within 24
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Mid Yorks unearths data with Mongoose

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented a new medical search engine to give clinicians “quicker and more efficient” access
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LMCs renew attack on NHS 111

GP representatives have expressed “serious concerns” about the roll-out of NHS 111 and claimed the government is ignoring lessons from
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GPs fear ‘outsourcing’ of commissioning

Commissioning support will be a defacto outsourced service by 2016, one of the leaders of the BMA’s GP committee has
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Joe’s view: of rating EPR suppliers

A test drive, a check against standard criteria, and lots of user reviews. Joe McDonald knows what a good test
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Special report: BI for acute trusts

The Audit Commission has warned that disputes over how to define treatment are costing millions. Could BI reduce tariff wars?
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LMCs worry about “imminent” end of GPSoC

Many practices will be left without an adequate IT system if a credible replacement for GPSoC is not agreed soon,
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Kettering latest System C / McKesson win

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has agreed a deal with System C, a McKesson company, to implement its Medway
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Final death knell for HealthSpace

The NHS’ own health organiser, HealthSpace, has been confirmed as an unlikely casualty of the NHS information strategy, published earlier
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