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14 July 2004

EMIS rolls out web-based GP appointment booking

EMIS have nationally launched their own online appointment booking service, EMIS Access, which allows patients to send secure messages or
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12 July 2004

More information about Read Codes demise released

The NHS Information Authority (NHSIA) have revealed more details to E-Health Insider about the abolition of Read Codes in favour of SNOMED
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9 July 2004

E-booking milestone reached

In an exclusive E-Health Insider has learned that the national programme for IT has successfully reached one of its key
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6 July 2004

Patients need access to electronic records, say academics

Patients can and should have access to their electronic health records, in order to keep them up-to-date and accurate, a
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2 July 2004

Support for Read Codes to end in 18 months

The NHS Terminology Service has announced that the maintenance of Read Codes is to end on 31st December, 2005, to
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1 July 2004

BMA asks for clarity on care record issues

Doctors at the British Medical Association’s Annual Representative Meeting at Llandudno have demanded that the NHS Care Records System should not
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1 July 2004

Halligan: “Connection” goal of IT reform

Aidan Halligan, deputy chief medical officer and director general of strategic development for the National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT),
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30 June 2004

ASSIST attacks GP boycott of electronic records

The chairman of the Association for ICT Professionals in Health and Social Care (ASSIST) has condemned GPs for voting not
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24 June 2004

Accenture signs with iSOFT for Lorenzo

Six months after being awarded the contracts to act as Local Service Provider for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT)
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23 June 2004

Combative Granger defends speed of IT reform

Richard Granger, Director General of NHS IT, has hit back at critics of his approach to implementing the national programme,
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