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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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GP choice in IT systems debated

A senior officer from the National Programme for IT said he would have failed and the programme would have failed
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Data spine key to Patient’s Passport, say Tories

Under a Conservative government the NHS Care Record Service would become the key tool enabling the introduction of the proposed
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CHI delivers “must do better” verdict on information use

Acute trusts need to improve the collection and use of good quality information, according to the Commission for Health Improvement
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Sheffield Children’s Trust prepares for NCRS

Sheffield Children’s NHS Trust has chosen a Stalis CareXML enterprise-wide patient data respository as the foundation for integrating its patient-based
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Granger terminates EDS’s NHSmail contract

The National Programme for IT has terminated the £90 million NHSmail contract with Electronic Data Systems to provide email and
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Parliamentary briefing paper sets out challenges for NPfIT

A new parliamentary briefing paper on the National Programme for IT has highlighted stakeholder involvement, communications, "imposing change on a
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FDBE aims to cut drug dosing errors

First DataBank Europe (FDBE) has announced that it is working with the National Patient Safety Agency on a project to
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Dawn of globalisation in health IT, Granger tells HIMSS

ORLANDO, Florida – The NHS National Programme for Information Technology is drawing interest on both sides of the Atlantic, a
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MDU warns doctors of picture messaging dangers

The Medical Defence Union has advised doctors to think twice before using picture mobile phones to take and send digital
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