6 March 2007

Over 21000 patients search QoF data

Patients have carried out more than 21,000 searches of GP practice data from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) in
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6 March 2007

UN warning on rogue internet pharmacies

Unregulated internet pharmacies are posing a high risk to patients, according to the United Nation’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).
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5 March 2007

Unified communications in healthcare

Single, converged networks supporting IP telephony, videoconferencing, video-on-demand and contact centres offer benefits for healthcare that should not be ignored,
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5 March 2007

Personal health records high on HIMSS agenda

Personal health records, patient identification, interoperability and, of course, quality were high on the agenda at the annual Health Information
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5 March 2007

Electronic hospital discharge summary rolls out

Gloucestershire hospitals have come up with an answer to the age-old problem of getting discharge information over to GPs quickly
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5 March 2007

NHS Direct promotes TV advice in magazines

NHS Direct has launched a month-long advertising campaign to make ‘shy young men and mums with children’ aware of their
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2 March 2007

Junior doctors say training website is in ‘pandemonium’

The new web-based Medical Training Application System (MTAS) used to recruit junior doctors has ‘descended into pandemonium’, according to the
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1 March 2007

IBA chief exec says iSoft remains target

Gary Cohen, chief executive of Australia’s IBA Health, has backed recent restructuring at iSoft as the company continues takeover talks
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1 March 2007

“It’s not about politics – it’s about patients”

In the concluding part of E-Health Insider's exclusive interview with the chairman of the BMA, James Johnson, he tells us
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1 March 2007

Funding axed for ambulance IT system

Urgent talks are underway to save a computerised capacity and activity monitoring system (CAMS) used to direct ambulances to hospitals
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