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Health and social care records ‘need framework’

Social services directors are calling for a national framework for care record standards across health and social care, after their
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St Mary’s deploys new colposcopy CIS

St Mary’s NHS Trust London, has deployed a new Colposcopy Clinical Information System from AxSys Technology into its gynaecology department.
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PAC report brings brickbats and bouquets for NPfIT

Mixed reaction greeted the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee’s report on the National Programme for IT with critics and
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IT and e-health is ‘every nurse’s business’

IT and e-health is every nurse’s business because it has to be integrated into practice, nursing leader, June Clark, said
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NPfIT local ownership programme gets put back

Plans for strategic health authorities to take local ownership for shaping and delivering the NHS IT programme have become bogged
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Hewitt launches ‘Choose and Book’ librarians

Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has launched ten ‘choice’ library pilots. Librarians in the pilots will be trained to help people
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DH extend outsourcing contract with CSC

The Department of Health have agreed a £20m deal with Computer Sciences Corporation to extend their information technology outsourcing contract
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Agfa launch ORBIS EPR to UK market

Agfa HealthCare has launched its proven ORBIS electronic patient record system in the UK for the first time. The software
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79 Milton Keynes staff say Millennium “not fit for purpose”

Seventy-nine clinicians and admin staff at Milton Keynes General Hospital have written an open letter to the management stating that
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PACS roll-out milestone hit in London and the South

All NHS hospital trusts across London and the South of England have now received systems to enable them to capture
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