31 March 2009

Hospitals breaking DPA every day

The BMA says hospitals are breaking the Data Protection Act on a daily basis by sending referral correspondence to the
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31 March 2009

GP practices urged to share IT experiences

GP representatives want GP practices to share their experiences of how they are using IT and making innovative use of
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29 March 2009

Choose and Book usage rises to 54 per cent

Choose and Book is now being used for 54% of referrals for first outpatient appointments according to Connecting for Health.
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27 March 2009

Thumbs up for ECDL in Wales

Health service staff believe basic IT skills training has improved the quality of care they give to patients, according to
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27 March 2009

Work stops again on ContactPoint

The introduction of the national children’s database ContactPoint has been suspended after local authority staff discovered loopholes in the system
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26 March 2009

Connelly to open HC2009 in Harrogate

The British Computer Society has confirmed Christine Connelly and Martin Bellamy as key speakers at its HC2009 event. Christine Connelly,
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26 March 2009

Database mooted for healthcare professionals

The Department of Health is to investigate whether a national database should be set up to hold information on the
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24 March 2009

CfH aims for 4 million HealthSpace users by 2014

NHS Connecting for Health says it is hoping to sign up 4m patients to its online personal health record HealthSpace by
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24 March 2009

James Cook says C+B led to DNA rise

Another hospital department has reported an increase in its did-not-attend (DNA) rate for patients whose appointments were made through Choose
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20 March 2009

NICE to take charge of QoF

The Department of Health has announced that it is to go ahead with its plans to put the National Institute
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