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ETP Pilots Evaluation Challenged

One of the three consortia set up to test electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) says an official evaluation does not
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UK Doctors Still ‘Out of Office’ to Patients Online

Email may be the most powerful new communications tool since the telephone. But despite its clear potential in health, the
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EDS ‘De-selected’ from E-Booking Contract

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has confirmed that EDS has been deselected from procurement competition for a national electronic
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ICRS Targets “Won’t Be Reached”

A pessimistic view of the chances of hitting targets for getting the Integrated Care Record Service (ICRS) up and running
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CSW and Oracle Demonstrate Scalability of Case Notes

CSW Health announced this week it had successfully completed initial scalability tests for its Case Notes shared electronic records system. The
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Reader Comment: Planning… What Planning?

Last week E-Health Insider ran a report on leaked guidance from the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) to chief information
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Placing XML at the Heart of Hospital Trust’s IM&T Strategy

Following E-Health Insider s XML in health feature two week s ago, Philip Firth, IM&T Strategy Implementation Manager at Wrightington,
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XML Special Focus: e-Booking for GP Special Interest Clinics

Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust (TPCT) faced the common problem of long waiting times for hospital dermatology appointments, but also
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Data Improvements Essential to Make GP Monitoring Work

Researchers at Imperial College London have devised a system for monitoring mortality rates which could help to alert authorities to
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Clinician Involvement Essential in IT Planning Says BMJ

The essential importance of involving frontline clinicians in the evolution of their workplace information systems is underlined this week in
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