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7 June 2005

PCT issues smartcards with identical PINs

A primary care trust issued smartcards to all its practices which had the same PIN for every user; and furthermore, the number was stuck
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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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2 June 2005

Code of practice

Tim Benson from training company Abies explains SNOMED CT, the clinical coding system that forms the basis of the NHS
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1 June 2005

Cerner in line for south contract

In the south of England plans have been drawn up since at least March on the basis that there would
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1 June 2005

Irish GPs launch £1.35m health web portal

The Irish College of General Practitioners has launched healthhub.ie, a €2m (£1.35m) health information website aimed at both healthcare professionals and the
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31 May 2005

Croydon becomes second ETP site

A pharmacy in south London and a primary care outreach centre for refugees have jointly become the second site to
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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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31 May 2005

Scotland publishes QoF data online

The first official practice by practice results for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) have appeared with the online publication
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27 May 2005

US GPs sceptical about patient access to records

A survey of attitudes towards patient-accessible electronic patient records in primary care in the US has revealed that GPs, rather
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25 May 2005

Doctors.net.uk helps put docs in the dock

Doctors.net.uk, the online medical network of UK doctors, has teamed up with Capita Health Solutions (CHS) to enable doctors to
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