16 April 2009

Audit Commission criticises data quality

A report published by the Audit Commission has concluded that data quality is still “often not what it needs to
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16 April 2009

East Kent cuts turn around times with SRC

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has been able to reduce cancer diagnosis times by deploying digital dictation with
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15 April 2009

World’s first kids medical website announced

Medikidz has announced it will launch the world’s first dedicated children’s medical website in July.
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15 April 2009

North Cumbria goes live with Ascribe

North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust has announced a multi-site go live of Ascribe’s hospital pharmacy and management systems. The
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14 April 2009

King’s College to install 50 self-service kiosks

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to become the first in Europe to install patient self-service kiosks supplied by
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14 April 2009

ICN Teleworking Network unveiled

The International Council of Nurses announced the launch of the ICN Telenursing Network during a keynote address at the Med-e-Tel
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10 April 2009

Team of GPs to review QoF indicators

A team of GP academics and the Royal College of General Practitioners have been appointed to lead an overhaul of
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9 April 2009

Practice managers embrace SCR

A survey into practice managers’ attitudes towards healthcare IT systems has found that they are generally in favour of IT
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8 April 2009

Mandatory incident reporting considered

The House of Commons Health Committee is looking at whether the national reporting of patient safety incidents should be made
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7 April 2009

Summary care record is indelible

Patients who do not opt-out of the Summary Care Record prior to one being created for them will not be
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