28 December 2007

Health organisations see rise in sick bill

Sick employees are costing health organisations a growing amount of money, according to a new online calculator. New figures from
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28 December 2007

Anite helps raise social services ratings

Specialist technology solutions are helping local councils which provide adult social services to improve their performance, systems supplier Anite Public
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27 December 2007

EC may reconsider patient information rules

The European Commission is considering tabling legislation next year that would change the rules on the information that drug companies
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27 December 2007

Public favour ‘Full Monty’ on NHS Choices

More than 5000 people have voted ten to one in favour of NHS Choices going for the Full Monty on
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24 December 2007

Opposition calls for rethink on data storage

The debate over healthcare data security took a political turn as the opposition called on the government to change its
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24 December 2007

Announcement on CfH future due in ‘weeks’

The future of NHS IT agency, Connecting for Health, remains unclear as 2007 ends, with the Department of Health saying
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24 December 2007

ETP could cut dispensing errors in half

Dispensing errors could be cut by nearly 50% if pharmacists used an authentification system linked to the electronic transfer of
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24 December 2007

iPhone service locates open pharmacies

Apotheken.de has introduced a new Web 2.0 iPhone service in Germany, locating open pharmacies and providing directions to them.
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21 December 2007

German doctors switch on to Web 2.0

The US has led the adoption of Web 2.0 applications in healthcare, but German doctors are catching up, Philipp Grätzel
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21 December 2007

PCTs must roll-out summary records in 2008-09

PCT IM&T plans for the next financial year must include the roll-out of the Summary Care Record and the full
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