IT skills training saves staff time, survey reveals

The European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) is dramatically improving computer literacy in the NHS and saving staff time, a survey
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Barnsley DGH gets ‘chip and pin’ for patient record access

Barnsley District General Hospital (BDGH) has introduced a new smart-card authentication network, giving staff secure access to patient records, and,
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NHS Innovation Centre may encourage new technology

A new NHS Innovation Centre may soon be developed to allow health professionals, who have new ideas on how to use
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ASSIST to seek partnership with British Computer Society

ASSIST, the Association for ICT Professionals in Health and Social Care, has voted to seek partnership with the British Computer
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Europe sets out plan for ‘European E-health Area’

European Commissioner for Health and Human Protection, David Byrne, has called for the creation of a common ‘European e-health area’
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Best of European E-Health Announced

The 2004 awards for the best e-health projects in Europe have been announced, with three winners chosen from over 32
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Half of all NHS agencies to be abolished or merged

Up to 5,000 NHS jobs are set to be cut later today in a purge of NHS bureaucracy, with up
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Videoconferencing lets clinic supervise babies at home

A paediatric cardiology clinic in Belfast has claimed to be the first in the world to pilot ISDN videoconferencing to enable sick children to stay
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NTA introduces live vacancy search into national database

The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse has improved their online residential rehabilitation database by including the ability to search
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New PCT monitoring software unveiled

Performance Investigator, a web-enabled analysis tool that runs over NHSNet, is to replace OSCAR and Organisation HealthCheck as the standard
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