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Mass GP2GP roll-out to begin end July

GP2GP electronic record transfer is expected to be able to be rolled out to more than 70% of GP practices
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BT encourages trusts to use its conferencing service

Working across the UK health sector BT is helping to save millions of pounds each year as more and more
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60 Seconds Interview: Jill Beech

In the latest 60 second interview focusing on the people making NHS computing work, Joe Fernandez quizzes Jill Beech, pathology
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Southern SHAs assess alternatives for mental health IT

Strategic health authorities in the South of England are evaluating alternative software options to the version of Cerner Millennium being
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Decision support could improve bowel cancer diagnosis

Computerised decision support systems could help to improve the process of identifying patients at risk of bowel cancer, researchers argue.
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NHS Choices criticised over duff information

The Department of Health’s new flagship website NHS Choices contains GP practice information which in some cases is at much as
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MPs call for pharmacists to have access to CRS

Pharmacists in primary and secondary care must be given read-write access to the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS), according to
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Coventry and Warwick install digital patient tracking

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust has implemented a new web-based emergency department patient tracking system called ED Whiteboard
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Bridgwater deploys telemedicine ECG software

Bridgwater Community Hospital has deployed a new telemedicine ECG service from Broomwell HealthWatch to provide expert cardiology reporting for patients
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BMA votes for non co-operation on central records

Doctors have voted for a public inquiry into NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) and have called on the BMA to advise
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