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GPs attack lack of consultation over electronic records

GPs at the British Medical Association’s conference of local medical committees last week slammed the National Programme for IT’s (NPfIT) plans for national electronic
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Blair: Choose and Book historic development

Tony Blair has defended the development of the NHS’s Choose and Book programme, the new name for the new NHS
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XML records improve diabetes care in Salford

Salford PCT has introduced an XML-based electronic diabetes care record system, allowing patients and health professionals alike full and easy
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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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Charing Cross introduces robotic drug dispensing

Two newly installed electronic dispensing systems at London’s Charing Cross Hospital, one of which uses robotics, are improving improving the speed and
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National programme caught in spinal trap

With less than four weeks to go to the first scheduled release from the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), highly
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Doubts raised over first NPfIT delivery deadlines

The leak of a confidential BT document, highlighting “material contractual issues", has raised concerns that the first June delivery dates
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Best of European E-Health Announced

The 2004 awards for the best e-health projects in Europe have been announced, with three winners chosen from over 32
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GP systems need to improve safety features, says NPSA

The safety features of computing systems currently in use in about three quarters of UK general practices have clinically important
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EMIS announces new Alerts Manager

Primary care solutions supplier, EMIS, has announced the launch of a new alerts management system that notifies GPs of actions
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