31 May 2005

Croydon becomes second ETP site

A pharmacy in south London and a primary care outreach centre for refugees have jointly become the second site to
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31 May 2005

Electronic record content still up for discussion

The question of what information will go on a local record and what will go on a national summary record
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31 May 2005

Baby steps

E-Health Insider Primary Care reports on two pilot initiatives in sharing of children's details between local authority and health service
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31 May 2005

Pharma firms offered internet chat tracking

A service which tracks consumer chat about medicines on the internet is being offered to pharmaceutical companies and drug regulators
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31 May 2005

Scotland publishes QoF data online

The first official practice by practice results for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) have appeared with the online publication
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31 May 2005

Chair of NHS Institute for Innovation named

Dame Yve Buckland has been named as the first chair of the new NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement by health minister, Jane
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27 May 2005

US GPs sceptical about patient access to records

A survey of attitudes towards patient-accessible electronic patient records in primary care in the US has revealed that GPs, rather
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27 May 2005

Robot baby helps medical students train

A Florida-based company is manufacturing interactive baby mannequins containing software that will emulate the vital signs of a three-to-six-month old
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26 May 2005

Comments wanted on Care Record Guarantee

Questions about the content of local health records and summary records and the options patients should have on information recorded
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26 May 2005

Suppliers advised to develop standalone software

Connecting for Health (CfH) has confirmed that it is advising its suppliers to develop standalone versions of their applications, not
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