5 June 2006

Not all patients exercise choice, claims study

The government’s choice agenda risks increasing inequalities because some groups of patients are more heavily influenced by clinical performance than
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5 June 2006

Nuffield’s IT upgrade lengthened waiting times

Details of the problems caused by the implementation of a new computer system at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxfordshire, were yesterday
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2 June 2006

IBM to develop pandemic software with WHO

IBM’s research division has announced that they are to collaborate with the World Health Organisation in supplying software to help
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2 June 2006

Senior GPs say CfH response on security ‘encouraging’

The two senior GP representatives in the UK are writing to GP practices to outline “the encouraging response” they have
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1 June 2006

Targetting cancer

Acute trusts are successfully developing their own software and work practices to deal with the 62-day cancer waiting times target.
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1 June 2006

iSoft sells off Swiss operations

Health IT software firm iSoft has sold its operations in Switzerland to Nexus, a local provider of healthcare IT solutions,
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1 June 2006

Online medicines library gets revamp

The National electronic Library for Medicine, which collects online news and RSS feeds on medicines information, is set to expand
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1 June 2006

Boots selects Spinal Tap for prescriptions

Boots has announced that it is to use Quicksilva’s Spinal Tap integration software, on top of the company’s existing Smartscript
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1 June 2006

Morecambe Bay goes live with PAS from CSC

Three sites in University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust have gone live with an iSoft patient administration system (PAS)
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31 May 2006

Choose and Book fails on air

Enthusiasts and sceptics among the GP community had their say about Choose and Book on a BBC investigation of the
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