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US Medical Insurance Group to Subsidise PDA Software

A US physician liability insurance organisation, MedAmerica Mutual Risk Retention Group, is to offer its members a subsidy towards the
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Kwo Aims to Make London World’s Best Health System

Everyone needs a goal. David Kwo, the man responsible for delivering 21st century IT to the NHS in London, certainly
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Better Information Needed for Sexual Health Services

Services struggling to cope with Britain’s deteriorating sexual health could be helped by a new approach to performance management underpinned
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US Institute Publishes Core Capabilities for EHRs

In a new report the independent Institute of Medicine (IOM), part of the US National Academies, has published a set
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E-prescribing Arrives for Out-of-Hours GPs

A major step towards electronic prescribing for out-of-hours (OOH) doctors in England has been taken with the launch of new
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PDAs or Tablet PCs? – The debate continues…

Last week Dr Andrew Harrison wrote about his experience of using a Tablet PC on the wards – The Tablet
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Safety Gains Available from IT

IT can substantially improve the safety of medical care but few of the technologies likely to achieve this are implemented,
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Two PCTs Choose Graphnet for Integrated Electronic Records

Halton primary care trust (PCT) and Warrington PCT are to develop an integrated XML-based repository of real-time patient records that
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NHS Urged to Adopt EAN.UCC Standard

UK-based campaigning group, e.centre, has welcomed a ruling by the US Food and Drug Administration mandating the use of a
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Cedars-Sinai Suspends Use of New Clinical IT System

Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles, the largest private hospital in the Western US, has suspended use of a prestige
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