17 May 2005

Wrong prescription in second GPASS record error

A second patient has been given the wrong prescription in a repeat of a printer error at a Glasgow practice
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17 May 2005

Free UK online health journal planned

The Wellcome Trust and the US National Library of Medicine are intending to set up a UK-based version of the
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17 May 2005

Data remember

Data transferred between GP systems must be scrupulously examined for errors. E-Health Insider looks at the issues involved and where
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16 May 2005

Burns steps down as NPfIT implementation lead

Alan Burns, the chief executive of Trent strategic health authority, has stood down as the implementation lead for the NHS
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16 May 2005

GPs ‘over-perform’ on QoF by £200m

Payments to GPs under the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) of the new GMS contract look certain to massively exceed
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16 May 2005

Data quality vital to electronic transfer of prescriptions

Keighley, the first pilot site for electronic transfer of prescriptions (ETP), has found that before new national systems can be
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13 May 2005

iSOFT unveils Lorenzo demo

iSOFT have released a Flash demo of their enterprise-wide clinical and administrative application Lorenzo on their website, and is asking
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12 May 2005

300 practices’ QoF results online at GP’s site

Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) results for nearly 300 practices have been put online by a GP who plans to include
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12 May 2005

Patient information site rivals NHS Direct Online

Patient information website patient.co.uk has claimed that it is now as popular as NHS Direct Online, with just under 1.2m visitors received
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11 May 2005

National US personal health record launched

Medem, a not-for-profit company created by leading US medical societies including the American Medical Association, announced this week the national
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