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23 June 2005

National A+E system begins rollout in Scotland

iSOFT has announced the first implementation of a Scotland-wide A&E informatics system in NHS Grampian. The Emergency Department Information System
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23 June 2005

Beating the bug

Yvonne Peel of CHKS makes the case for better collection of information about hospital acquired infections such as MRSA.
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20 June 2005

New twist in medical records opt-out saga

The government ‘does not envisage any circumstances’ where a patient’s decision to have some or all of their health record
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16 June 2005

Technology key to modernisation, says NHS Confed

Technology, people and improved processes were described as the key tools that can help modernise and improve the NHS at
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15 June 2005

Telecare specialist Tunstall bought in £225m deal

Tunstall, the specialist in personal and home telecare, has been acquired by private equity firm Bridgepoint from Hg Capital in
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7 June 2005

Computer access for hospital doctors poor, say BMA

Some hospital doctors are expressing concerns that they do not have enough access to computers and e-mail to do their
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6 June 2005

LMCs to debate no confidence motion in PCOs IT

IT funding for GPs, Choose and Book and patient confidentiality are all set to be the subject of criticism from
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31 May 2005

Baby steps

E-Health Insider Primary Care reports on two pilot initiatives in sharing of children's details between local authority and health service
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24 May 2005

Patients becoming apprehensive of NHS CRS

Patients are contacting their GPs with concerns about the confidentiality of their data held on GP computer systems as awareness
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24 May 2005

Welsh telemedicine in great shape, says First Minister

Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan, has lent his support to the use of telemedicine within the country, saying that it
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