30 August 2005

QoF data to be published online

Practices will no longer have to release Quality and Outcome Framework data if asked to do so under the Freedom of
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30 August 2005

EMIS releases nurse prescribing system

GP computing supplier EMIS has released nurse prescribing software and two of the other leading suppliers say they will follow
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29 August 2005

iSoft chosen as partner by SingHealth

iSoft has announced that it has been chosen as a partner by SingHealth to provide health IT solutions to help
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26 August 2005

SMS event alert system planned for care workers

iSentry have announced the release of their Digital Witness service, a web-based compliance monitoring and alert system aimed at health
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26 August 2005

St George’s publishes all mortality data online

St George’s Hospital, Tooting, south London, has become the first NHS hospital in the UK to publish graphs of mortality
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25 August 2005

The apprentice

John Aird, director of IM&T at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL), describes a thriving grow-your-own scheme for
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25 August 2005

Australian e-health framework calls for open standards

  Australia’s agency responsible for delivering e-health throughout the country, the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), has just published guidelines
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24 August 2005

Communication key to cutting missed appointments

  A new survey of GP surgeries by health education charity Developing Patient Partnerships and the Institute of Healthcare Management
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24 August 2005

NHS smart cards may be re-dealt

The current version of the NHS smart card, being issued to all NHS staff to enable them to access new
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23 August 2005

GP2GP transfer to pilot next month in Gateshead

Nine practices in Gateshead PCT are to become the first in England to pilot GP2GP transfer of records next month.
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