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UN calls for action on internet drugs

The UN agency responsible for controlling international narcotics has called on Governments to do more to crack down on the
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New report sets out need for e-prescribing

A new report from the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer on the causes of medicines safety has spelt out the critical role
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First DataBank consortium wins dm+d validation contract

A consortium led by First DataBank, and including IMS Health and ADEL/Synapse Consulting, has won a mapping validation contract from
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E-prescribing gets underway at Countess of Chester

A successful pilot for FileTek UK’s Meditech electronic prescribing (EP) system at the Countess of Chester Hospital, Cheshire, has opened
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Newchurch starts Tees diabetes ICRS project

Information solutions and consulting specialist, Newchurch Limited, has started work on the Tees Diabetes Integrated Record Service Pilot (ICRS) for
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PASA chief pledges co-operation on bar codes

Chief executive of the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA), Duncan Eaton, has formally pledged to work with supply chain
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Technology can reduce or create medication errors

  Technology has the potential both to reduce and to create new types of medication errors – and should be
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Internet has blown away library walls

The Internet has blown away the walls of libraries as effectively as Semtex, Dr Muir Gray, director of the National
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US healthcare IT looks kinda familiar

In a second article on healthcare IT systems in America, Andrew Harrison reports from the 650-bed Lenox Hill Hospital in
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Fears of patient abuse of e-mail not realised

Doctors’ fears that an e-mail consultation service would be abused turned out to be unfounded, the International e-Health Association Conference
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