22 June 2004

Croydon PCT merges database with social services

A south London PCT has pooled its patient database with the council social services system in order to improve patient
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21 June 2004

NHS Direct web chat feasible but pricey, pilot finds

An NHS Direct Online Clinical Enquiry Service (CES), through which a nurse can discuss symptoms with patients over an web-based chat connection,
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21 June 2004

GPs attack lack of consultation over electronic records

GPs at the British Medical Association’s conference of local medical committees last week slammed the National Programme for IT’s (NPfIT) plans for national electronic
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18 June 2004

Image-sharing over web helps child burn patients

Two west London hospitals, St Mary’s Paediatric A&E, Paddington, and Chelsea & Westminister’s specialist burns unit, have developed an electronic
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17 June 2004

Blair: Choose and Book historic development

Tony Blair has defended the development of the NHS’s Choose and Book programme, the new name for the new NHS
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16 June 2004

Pathology IT future ‘more complex than assumed’

Future developments in pathology IT are likely to be far more complex and unpredictable than current roadmaps are predicting, according
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15 June 2004

WAP can be used for reporting symptoms, study finds

Italian researchers have shown that aftercare and patient communication might be improved if patients are asked to fill in daily questionnaires using
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15 June 2004

Electronic hospital prescribing brought forward to 2006

Health Minister Lord Warner is to fast-track the introduction of electronic hospital prescribing in response to the recent report by
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14 June 2004

XML records improve diabetes care in Salford

Salford PCT has introduced an XML-based electronic diabetes care record system, allowing patients and health professionals alike full and easy
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14 June 2004

One millionth baby issued NHS Number

One million newborn babies have now been issued with NHS number that will stay with them from birth for life, under the
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