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8 September 2004

Plymouth moves to IP telephony

NHS organisations in Plymouth are beginning the roll-out of one of the largest Internet Protocol (IP)-based telephone implementations yet seen
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6 September 2004

Electronic decision support for US veterans

The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is to introduce a new computer system at all its 158 medical centres
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19 August 2004

Getting ready for the leap forward

With the National Programme for IT now geared up for delivery, Paul Charnley, regional implementation director for the North West
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19 August 2004

Pharmacies may soon open online, says DH

The Department of Health have announced that solely internet-based pharmacies may soon be allowed to open in the UK and
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12 August 2004

National Programme sets strategy for non-LSP suppliers

The majority of current NHS clinical systems in England will be replaced in the next four years, according to new
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28 July 2004

US medics may be paid to use electronic patient records

The US Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Tommy Thompson, has published a 10-year plan that plans to introduce
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28 July 2004

Trusts refuse to pay suppliers’ legacy upgrade costs

The National Programme for IT’s policy on legacy systems is causing confusion among trusts and suppliers over who should pay
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21 July 2004

NPfIT enlists help with IT industry communication

The NHS National Programme for IT has recruited external help to improve communication with its IT suppliers by awarding a contract
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13 July 2004

Dermatology telemedicine system wins innovation award

An innovative scheme that not only uses electronic referral and PACS but software that plots healing patterns based on archived images
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9 June 2004

Charing Cross introduces robotic drug dispensing

Two newly installed electronic dispensing systems at London’s Charing Cross Hospital, one of which uses robotics, are improving improving the speed and
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