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3 November 2009

SRC and PCTI sign deal

Digital dictation and voice recognition software supplier SRC has announced that it has signed an agreement with document management specialist
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2 November 2009

Tories promise records for all

Patient-held records are one of the Conservative Party’s priorities for health, according to plans published today. The party said it would
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2 November 2009

Mind the gap

Brian Derry from the NHS Information Centre reflects on the coming financial crunch and how informatics can help the NHS
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2 November 2009

BigHand cuts practice turnaround times

BigHand says that its digital dictation workflow technology has improved the turnaround time for patient notes by 40% at one
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30 October 2009

NHS North East Essex prepares for EPS R2

NHS North East Essex is preparing patients for the go-live of Release 2 of the national Electronic Prescription Service. Pharmacies
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29 October 2009

Bury misses early planning go-live

NHS Bury has failed to meet its early planning go-live date for Lorenzo Regional Care.
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29 October 2009

Great Lego in the waiting room

Patients have rated more than one in four GP practices on the Department of Health’s controversial scorecard for surgeries since
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28 October 2009

NHS staff admit to being DNAs

A survey of health professionals attending an NHS Alliance event found that three out of ten have missed a medical appointment.
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27 October 2009

CQC criticises discharge summaries

The Care Quality Commission has warned that the NHS may be failing to prevent harm to patients by failing to
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27 October 2009

Survey calls for IT to help deaf

More than half of deaf and hearing impaired patients regularly face difficulties communicating with their GP surgery and would like
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