28 November 2005

Seven pharmacy systems accredited for R1 ETP

Seven out of 11 pharmacy systems have attained technical accreditation for release one of electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) according
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28 November 2005

Newcastle opts for ChemoCare

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust has signed up for a chemotherapy prescribing solution which will operate across three sites and provide
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25 November 2005

Requests for direct access to NCRS resisted

The Care Record Development Board (CRDB) has resisted requests for agencies concerned with child protection to draw information directly from
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24 November 2005

No sealed envelopes for first summary records

No ‘sealed envelope’ technology will be available for the very first release of the NHS Care Record Service next year,
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24 November 2005

Kodak chosen for Finnish e-health project

Eastman Kodak’s Health Group has been selected as the main supplier of Finland’s RATU e-health project, which aims to integrate
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24 November 2005

CfH clinical lead predicts consensus on consent

Connecting for Health and the medical profession will be able to reach a consensus on the consent model for the
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24 November 2005

Wristband risk to patient safety highlighted

A drive to raise awareness of the importance of patients wearing hospital wristbands should make barcode and RFID technology more
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23 November 2005

EU hospital software market ‘worth £1bn by 2010’

The European market in hospital administration systems will be worth £1.2bn by 2010, according to research undertaken by consulting company
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22 November 2005

Birmingham PCTs sign up for Pfizer self-care project

Two PCTs in Birmingham are to be the first in the UK to implement a community self-care project in which patients
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22 November 2005

Study shows ROI on mobile technology in NHS

A study jointly commissioned by George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and NHS Connecting for Health into the impact of mobile
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