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15 December 2009

Study questions value of large EPRs

Local electronic patient record systems are often more effective than larger scale projects, according to a new study by the
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8 December 2009

DH mandates incident reporting

The Department of Health has confirmed that it will end the voluntary system for reporting patient safety incidents to the
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6 December 2009

NHS IT programme faces cuts

Parts of the multibillion-pound national NHS IT progamme could be cancelled in this week’s Pre-Budget Report, the Chancellor has warned.
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3 December 2009

Expert view: Kathy McLean

How the NHS innovation agenda is being taken forward in the East Midlands
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30 November 2009

Dr Foster names safety underperformers

The Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2009 has named 12 NHS trusts that it says have significantly underperformed on its new measure of patient
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26 November 2009

Green NHS, Green IT

Chris Wilber, director of infrastructure at the NHS Technology Office, discusses the role of IT in greening the NHS.
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25 November 2009

East of England joins SCR roll-out

NHS East of England has started the roll-out of the Summary Care Record and says it will be available in all
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18 November 2009

Kingston to go-live on 30 November

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust plans to go live with Cerner Millennium on 30 November, in what has become a critical
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9 November 2009

Kelsey – info should be compulsory

GPs and all other NHS providers should be mandated to publish routine, standardised data on their outcomes, according to the
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5 November 2009

Third of trusts miss wristband deadline

The National Patient Safety Agency has admitted that almost a third of NHS acute trusts in England and Wales have failed to
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