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22 June 2004

Croydon PCT merges database with social services

A south London PCT has pooled its patient database with the council social services system in order to improve patient
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11 June 2004

Citrix prescribes access strategy for health

Ever thought of having an IT access strategy for your trust?  Citrix thinks you should. E-Health Insider went along to
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10 June 2004

Doctors to vote on national patient record system consent

Doctors attending next week’s British Medical Association Local Medical Committee conference are to vote on whether patients’ records should be
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2 June 2004

Mixed results for health websites in accessibility survey

The NHS Direct website is not accessible enough for disabled users and contains too many coding errors, whereas the new
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25 May 2004

Report challenges hospital mobile ban

A new report on electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) in healthcare facilities challenges the wisdom of blanket prohibitions
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25 May 2004

Three NHSIA offices to go in Lyons rationalisation

Three NHS Information Authority offices in south east England are to be closed and their 142 staff offered relocation and
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4 May 2004

US political rivals manage to agree on electronic records

President George W. Bush last week created the position of national health information technology co-ordinator, with the goal of making
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27 April 2004

NPfIT helps NHS management consultant bill rise 185%

The government’s rapidly growing bill for management consultancy hit £1 billion last year, double the amount spent the previous year.  Among
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21 April 2004

IT projects fail because best practice not applied

Billions of pounds are wasted every year on new IT systems, with only 16% that can be considered a true
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5 April 2004

Will the NPfIT be China’s cup of tea?

With the procurement phase of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) completed, NHS IT director-general Richard Granger has begun to
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