4 July 2005

‘Choose and Book’ will improve, says Pringle

Choose and book will improve over this summer, Professor Mike Pringle, GP lead for NHS Connecting for Health has pledged.
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4 July 2005

22 NHS organisations convert to shared services

The joint venture between outsourcing and technology specialists, Xansa ,and the Department of Health which offers shared finance and accounting services has
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4 July 2005

Technology key to transformed ambulance services

Electronic patient records and the planned central repository for patient information will be vital components of many the changes needed
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1 July 2005

Nurse prescribers lack access to computer systems

Lack of access to computer-generated prescriptions is holding back nurse prescribing according to a report published this week. An evaluation
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1 July 2005

Comments invited for NHS electronic record guidance

  The Department of Health has issued a revised version of its guidance for records management in the NHS to
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30 June 2005

Cerner and Fujitsu reach agreement on Southern Cluster

US health IT supplier, Cerner Corporation, and local service provider for England’s Southern NHS Cluster, Fujitsu, have agreed a memorandum
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30 June 2005

Patient survey shows worries about spine security

 The majority of the public are concerned about the security of their medical records being held on a central computer
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30 June 2005

A matter of trust

Richard Granger talks to EHI about NHS trusts' responsibilities in the NPfIT and the story of the programme so far.
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29 June 2005

Calls for clarity in spirited BMA confidentiality debate

Doctors queued up to speak on the confidentiality issues raised by centralised electronic records in a lively open debate at the
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29 June 2005

Electronic medication reminders help elderly

  PCTs in Staffordshire have started piloting a scheme where elderly people are reminded to take their medication with an
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