6 December 2007

Concern over use of post for patient records

Two PCTs send GP patient records in the regular post when patients move practice if the patients live just outside
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6 December 2007

BT pilots N3 VoIP service in London

NHS trusts in London are being offered free connections to the N3 Local Gateway Service (LGS) as part of a
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6 December 2007

ESA pilot satellite telemedicine

Rescue team in action The European Space Agency has successfully completed a pilot run of its Satellite for Health Early
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5 December 2007

Commission calls for better use of information

High-quality information about patients’ care should be used better to measure how well providers are performing, the Healthcare Commission has
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5 December 2007

Bradford named as fifth early adopter for SCR

Four GP practices in Bradford and Airedale PCT are to become the fifth early adopter site for the Summary Care
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5 December 2007

Finnish company trials cardiac telemedicine

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed remote healthcare services that allow patients to be treated globally, irrespective of
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4 December 2007

DH to award £80m contract for NHS Choices

The Department of Health has gone out to tender to find a new supplier to run the NHS Choices patient
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4 December 2007

EHI’s careers fair enjoyed by hundreds

E-Health Insider readers gathered in the Hotel Russell, London last Friday for our second Healthcare IT Careers Forum, to find
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4 December 2007

NHS leading public sector on shared services

A new study by the National Audit Office has praised the NHS for being at the forefront of adopting shared
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4 December 2007

QoF architects call for changes

The architects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) have called for a raft of changes to the scheme as
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