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5 September 2008

South Birmingham podiatrists first to get Lorenzo

Podiatrists at South Birmingham Primary Care Trust have become the first in the country to receive a version of iSoft’s
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2 September 2008

One in ten hospital episodes miscoded

Almost one in ten hospital episodes is incorrectly coded, according to an analysis carried out by the Audit Commission. The
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1 September 2008

Fujitsu said to be preparing £700m LSP claim

Fujitsu may be preparing to seek up to £700m in compensation from the Department of Health for the termination of its
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27 August 2008

Police to get access to national child database

Police are to be given access to the Government’s new children’s database, in order to search for evidence of criminal
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25 August 2008

Information prescriptions to be linked to electronic records

The Department of Health is this week expected to set out its vision for information prescriptions that are linked to
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13 August 2008

The Adventurous 4.0

In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Choose and Book’s national medical director, Dr Stephen Miller, outlines the
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13 August 2008

US-wide EHRs priced at $150 billion

The full implementation of a digital US healthcare system, with integrated networked electronic health records (EHR) in all US doctors’
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5 August 2008

Mid-Yorkshire earns £80,000 from 0844 number

A hospital trust has revealed that it has made more than £80,000 from use of a 0844 telephone number over
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29 July 2008

Scotland superbug alert system delayed

The Electronic Communication of Surveillance in Scotland system, which will be used to alert doctors to superbug outbreaks, will not
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24 July 2008

University students to train on Cerner

The University of the West of England has agreed a partnership with Cerner to use its Academic Education Solution to
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