12 September 2007

NHS ICT spend set to hit £2.9bn

The total spend on Information and Communications Technology in the NHS is set to hit £2.9bn in 2007/8 according to
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12 September 2007

Community pharmacists to get NHSmail

Community pharmacists in England are to get access to NHSmail for the first time from the beginning of 2008. Until
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12 September 2007

RCP launches generic record-keeping standards

New standards for generic medical reporting have been developed by the Royal College of Physicians health informatics unit (HIU) and supported
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11 September 2007

Vote for your Healthcare ICT Champion

The search is on for your Healthcare ICT Champion of 2007. This special category of the BT e-Health Insider Awards
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11 September 2007

Wanless warns NPfIT risking NHS modernisation

In a review of NHS modernisation efforts Sir Derek Wanless has criticised the slow progress of the National Programme for
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11 September 2007

Practices urged to decide on systems by year end

Connecting for Health (CfH) wants all GP practices in England to decide whether they want to stick with their existing
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11 September 2007

Microsoft launches CUI internationally

Microsoft has today launched its health Common User Interface (CUI), designed to help improve patient safety and the efficiency of
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10 September 2007

One quarter of patients favour records opt-out

Two-thirds of patients believe the government’s consent plans for the Summary Care Record (SCR) are acceptable but one in four
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10 September 2007

Lewisham cuts missed appointments with SMS

Lewisham PCT has reduced the number of missed appointments in 16 practices by 27% by using text message appointment reminders
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10 September 2007

New evidence for hospital mobile ban

New research in the journal Critical Care has provided fresh evidence that mobile phone signals over short ranges can interfere
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