Drug

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27 October 2004

Keeping an eye on ID

Identifying patients to access their records can be a big problem for A&E staff and paramedics. So why not use
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8 October 2004

Brent goes live with Graphnet drug action team solution

Brent Primary Care Trust, north west London, has gone live with a new system developed by Graphnet to enable drug
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7 October 2004

Virus concern for radiology

Medical scanners hit by viruses and worms can be put out of action for weeks while manufacturers decide how the
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9 September 2004

Soaring Internet use for European health

Internet use in healthcare is expected to soar in Europe in the next four years, bringing electronic communication into the
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16 August 2004

New alliance could be US e-prescribing’s cup of tea

A group of IT companies involved in providing healthcare solutions have started up Café Rx, an open alliance devoted to
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21 July 2004

ETP might have blocked Shipman, inquiry says

Electronic transfer of prescriptions (ETP) could have stopped Dr Shipman from prescribing controlled drugs for so long without anybody noticing,
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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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20 May 2004

Best of European E-Health Announced

The 2004 awards for the best e-health projects in Europe have been announced, with three winners chosen from over 32
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24 March 2004

Portsmouth pioneers reverse e-auction for generic drugs

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust claimed an e-health first this week with an announcement that it had completed the UK’s first
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4 March 2004

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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