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31 January 2002

Electronic Prescriptions Project Schedule Under Threat

One of the key figures behind the development of electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) in the UK has publicly questioned
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21 January 2002

BT to Deliver the Technology for Scotland’s NHS 24

NHS 24, the Scottish version of NHS Direct, has placed a £20.5m contract with BT to provide the telephone communications
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17 January 2002

Software Package Aims to Beat the Blues

The Priory Hospital North London is to trial an innovative PC-based multi-media tool called ‘Beating the Blues’ to help patients
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17 January 2002

Primary Care Organisations at Crossroads on IT

New guidance on information and information systems for primary care organisations produced by the Primary Care Information Modernisation Programme (PCIMP)
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16 January 2002

Report Says NHS Likely to Miss EPR Targets

A key report published one year on from the NHS IT strategy update ‘Building the Information Core’ warns that almost
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10 January 2002

Videophones to Link Deaf, Interpreters and Health Professionals

A new remote sign language interpretation service which uses a network of videophones to provide interpretation services in consultations between
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1 January 2002

Boxing Day Busiest Ever Day for NHS Direct

NHS Direct, the UK national telephone health advice service, had its busiest ever day on Boxing Bay, as the holiday
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20 December 2001

2001: The Year the Money Disappeared

The NHS has stood at the cusp in 2001, its stark failures were laid bare by the Bristol Royal Infirmary
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19 December 2001

Smart Specimen Bag Launched

A new version of the humble pathology specimen bag that can integrate test request information with the electronic patient record
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22 November 2001

GSK launch Respiratory Channel with Doctors.net.uk

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is to support the launch of an online respiratory channel for chest medicine specialists and GPs on Doctors.net.uk,
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