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14 July 2004

EMIS rolls out web-based GP appointment booking

EMIS have nationally launched their own online appointment booking service, EMIS Access, which allows patients to send secure messages or
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6 July 2004

Patients need access to electronic records, say academics

Patients can and should have access to their electronic health records, in order to keep them up-to-date and accurate, a
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30 June 2004

ASSIST attacks GP boycott of electronic records

The chairman of the Association for ICT Professionals in Health and Social Care (ASSIST) has condemned GPs for voting not
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21 June 2004

GPs attack lack of consultation over electronic records

GPs at the British Medical Association’s conference of local medical committees last week slammed the National Programme for IT’s (NPfIT) plans for national electronic
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14 June 2004

XML records improve diabetes care in Salford

Salford PCT has introduced an XML-based electronic diabetes care record system, allowing patients and health professionals alike full and easy
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10 June 2004

Doctors to vote on national patient record system consent

Doctors attending next week’s British Medical Association Local Medical Committee conference are to vote on whether patients’ records should be
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29 April 2004

Leaked report criticises NPfIT implementation

A leaked report by the National Programme for IT’s former chief clinical adviser has exposed fault lines at the highest
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28 April 2004

Communications boss appointed by national programme

The National Programme for IT finally has a communications director, after an on-off-on search that began early last year. The
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25 March 2004

Big Brother alive and well at Heathcare Computing

E-Health Insider comment from Jon Hoeksma “I just had a call from the National Programme [for IT] on what I
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25 March 2004

Granger promises to make PACS ‘deployable’

A promise to deliver at least 50% cuts in the pricing of Picture Archiving and Storage Systems (PACS) and make
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