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15 May 2006

Pharmacists told no deadline for EPS

Pharmacy representatives have told pharmacists that there is no deadline to implement the electronic prescription service (EPS) in fresh advice
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11 May 2006

NPfIT could ‘transform’ drug reaction reporting

Reporting of adverse drug reactions in England could be transformed by systematic collection through the National Programme for IT, according
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10 May 2006

BMJ’s evidence-based consumer info site launched

Consumer health information provider, BMJ BestTreatments, has officially launched its public website saying the service is proving a great hit with
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18 April 2006

GPC agrees IT infrastructure funding guidance

Clinical system servers, workstations, printers, back-up devices and network infrastructure are among a list of core items practices can expect
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10 April 2006

Space programme

One of the most intriguing aspects of the NHS IT programme is the HealthSpace project, the online patient portal. Daloni
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6 April 2006

GPs demand ‘urgent action’ on GPASS

Leading GP IT representatives have written to Scottish health minister Andy Kerr to demand urgent action to improve the GPASS
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29 March 2006

Avon and Wiltshire roll out controlled drug service

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust has begun installing web-based software to help manage and track the dispensing
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28 March 2006

FDBE chosen to implement dm+d guide

First Databank Europe (FDBE), the specialist provider of electronic drug knowledge bases and clinical decision support systems, has been selected
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22 February 2006

St Mary’s goes live with JAC pharmacy management

St Mary’s NHS Trust has become the second trust in London to go live with a new pharmacy management system
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20 February 2006

MHRA implements adverse drug reaction software

The government’s medicines safety agency has implemented new software to improve management of adverse drug reaction (ADR) data reported by
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