15 January 2003

Mid-Staffs Selects iSOFT for EPR

Mid-Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a ten-year managed service contract with iSOFT to implement and manage a trust-wide
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15 January 2003

Information Will Play a Key Role in Diabetes NSF

The Department of Health’s new diabetes National Service Framework (NSF) envisages a key role for information in the management of
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14 January 2003

AAFP Explores Open-Source EHR

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is considering developing and selling low-cost "open-source" electronic medical records (EMR) software to
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9 January 2003

US Physicians Sceptical IT Can Cut Medical Errors

A new US study has highlighted a major gap between the strategies recommended by medical error experts to reduce errors,
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9 January 2003

Two Key Contracts Awarded to Consultants

Two vital contracts, covering technical and IT standards, and management of the National Information Programme, have been awarded to external
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8 January 2003

Scottish Ambulance Plans to Network Vehicles

Scottish Ambulance plans to put networked computers in all of its emergency vehicles to provide crews with better information en
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6 January 2003

Walsall’s EHR Attracts Aussie Interest

Australian researchers looking at electronic record systems are investigating the experience of the NHS in Walsall, West Midlands. The research,
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2 January 2003

Scotland Launches Online Waiting List Database

An online database of hospital waiting lists intended to help cut NHS waiting times and provide patients with greater choice
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2 January 2003

Blackberd Announces Long-list of Suppliers

Blackberd, the collaborative procurement of electronic record systems by 12 trusts in Birmingham and the Black Country has announced the
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2 January 2003

GP Poll Shows High Awareness of Broadband

81% of English GPs claim awareness of broadband, but they are less knowledgeable about its applications and sceptical about its
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