4 February 2009

Demonstrators make slow progress

Around 650 people are using new assistive care technologies as part of the Whole System Demonstrator project, according to the
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3 February 2009

Choose and Book increases DNAs

Attendance in outpatient clinics is worse for patients referred via Choose and Book than for those given an appointment after
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3 February 2009

Information sharing consultation

The government has launched a consultation on information sharing across health, social care and wider community support services. The consultation
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2 February 2009

BMA calls for exemption on data sharing

The BMA is calling for confidential health information to be exempt from new government legislation which will allow sharing of
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30 January 2009

Clinical Solutions gets a Mentor

Clinical Solutions has signed a three year deal with primary care IT supplier EMIS to integrate EMIS’s Mentor drug database
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29 January 2009

SCR patient consultation could be cut

The length of the patient information programme run before Summary Care Records are uploaded to the Spine could be cut
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29 January 2009

NHS Alliance promotes patient records

The NHS Alliance is promoting real-time access to medical records, claiming this will help meet the drive towards patient self-management
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28 January 2009

GP2GP milestone reached

More than 5,000 GP practices are now using GP2GP software to transfer electronic records, NHS Connecting for Health has announced.
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27 January 2009

IT given role in greener NHS

The NHS must make much greater use of telemedicine and web conferencing if it is meet new targets to slash
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27 January 2009

Detailed Care Records for 3.5m patients

More than 3.5m patients in Yorkshire and the Humber now have a Detailed Care Record for primary and community care,
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