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22 December 2004

EMIS sets out its version of ‘fact and fiction’

Primary Care systems supplier EMIS has issued its customers with a briefing about its relationship with the NHS National Programme for
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20 December 2004

NHS cleans up data collection requirements

The DH have announced plans to reduce the amount of data collection in the NHS in an effort to save
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16 December 2004

Securing NHS Care Records

Duncan McNeil, chief technology officer for the National Programme for IT, explains how new NHS Smartcards will be used to
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16 December 2004

Mental health data sharing installed in Cornwall

IMS MAXIMS has announced the installation of a system to enable sharing of mental health data across a number of
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15 December 2004

Better information on doctors vital, says Shipman report

The GMC needs to improve the information available online about the registration history of doctors and whether any action has
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14 December 2004

NPfIT puts availability statistics online

The National Programme for IT have started to publish uptime statistics on their website for the data spine, N3 and
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9 December 2004

Choose and Book leaders answer their critics

Leaders of the Choose and Book programme this week attempted to answer concerns raised by GP representatives about the security
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8 December 2004

RFID tags in the NHS could lead to job losses

The introduction of wireless tagging such as RFID technology in the NHS could result in job losses due to the removal
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7 December 2004

Digital pen makes light work of filling out care forms

A digital pen and paper system that records handwriting for ‘playback’ into text could be a boon for healthcare workers and cut
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2 December 2004

Free HL7 conference will focus on integration

HL7 UK is running a free one day conference on 9 February 2005 for NHS informatics professionals and clinicians who are
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