DHI News Team - Digital Health

1 July 2004

BMA asks for clarity on care record issues

Doctors at the British Medical Association’s Annual Representative Meeting at Llandudno have demanded that the NHS Care Records System should not

1 July 2004

Halligan: “Connection” goal of IT reform

Aidan Halligan, deputy chief medical officer and director general of strategic development for the National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT),

1 July 2004

NPfIT launches website, but turns back on talkback

The National Programme for IT has unveiled a new website, www.npfit.nhs.uk, featuring a host of detailed information about the programme and its

30 June 2004

ASSIST attacks GP boycott of electronic records

The chairman of the Association for ICT Professionals in Health and Social Care (ASSIST) has condemned GPs for voting not

29 June 2004

Virtual surgery on real patients helps training

Virtual reality training and testing for surgeons that is actually based on scans of real patients may soon become commonplace thanks to an EU

28 June 2004

Report predicts European growth of hospital e-prescribing

There is enormous potential for expansion within electronic hospital prescribing systems within Europe – a market that is already showing overall growth,

24 June 2004