20 November 2006

‘Engage, understand and manage’ says NAO report

More engagement, understanding and better management is needed, if the public sector is to successfully deliver new IT services, according
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17 November 2006

Handwritten paperwork “causes delays”

GPs spend too long filling in paperwork by hand, decreasing the amount of time they spend with patients, a survey
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17 November 2006

Nuffield aims for ‘paperless’ hospital finance

Nuffield hospitals, the UK independent hospitals group, has signed a contract with document management specialists Version One to implement its
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16 November 2006

BMA issues new guidance on NHS CRS

The BMA Chairman has written to all BMA members to provide them with guidance on the NHS Care Records Service
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16 November 2006

INPS surgeries to use iPlato text messaging

Primary care software supplier INPS has announced that surgeries across England that use its software will also have the opportunity to use iPlato’s
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16 November 2006

QMS to ditch IDX for Cerner in 2007

Queen Mary Sidcup (QMS), the only London trust to have received a new hospital IT system under the NHS computerisation scheme,
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16 November 2006

New order

In his second article for EHI, Dr Andrew Harrison suggests some ways that ordering tests could be made seamless and
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16 November 2006

NHS Supply Chain uses voice to monitor stock

NHS Supply Chain, the privatised NHS logistics service now run by DHL, has signed a deal with voice recognition specialists VoiteQ
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15 November 2006

McKesson buys Per-Se

US health IT giant McKesson Corporation has announced an agreement to buy health administration transaction IT specialist Per-Se for £1bn
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15 November 2006

Premium-rate doctor helpline aimed at busy people

A premium rate telephone service has been set up that allows callers to talk directly to a doctor 24 hours
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