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30 October 2007

IT vital to deliver care closer to home, DH says

Fast and efficient communication between primary and secondary care systems is needed to enable care to be delivered closer to
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29 October 2007

60 Second Interview: Dr Richard Fitton

Joe Fernandez quizzes Dr Richard Fitton, a GP at Manor House Surgery, Glossop, Derbyshire.
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29 October 2007

NHSmail promotes free SMS for reminders

NHSmail users are being encouraged to use the system’s free text messaging to remind patients about healthcare appointments. Contractors, Cable & Wireless’
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26 October 2007

EHI’s industry news round-up 26.10.07

E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 26 October, featuring supplier news, product launches, acquisitions and events.
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25 October 2007

HealthSpace opening up to ‘advanced’ users

Registration has started for ‘advanced accounts’ offering patients the opportunity to view their Summary Care Records on HealthSpace, the NHS
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25 October 2007

Nurses use laptops for home visits in Alston

Community nurses in the small town of Alston, Cumbria will be able to visit housebound patients and keep track of
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24 October 2007

Summary Care Record launched in Bolton

The first 48,500 summaries of patient records have been uploaded to the NHS Spine and out-of-hours staff in the Bolton
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24 October 2007

Clinical process improvement drives EMR use

The need to improve clinical processes and workflow efficiency in healthcare is driving more healthcare organisations to look positively at
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22 October 2007

Hampshire PCT outsources GP IT support

Hampshire PCT has outsourced its IT support for all GP practices in the county to health IT specialists Healthcare Computing.
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22 October 2007

NHS Direct launches asthma support programme

NHS Direct is to launch a telephone review and follow-up programme for all patients who have been prescribed Symbicort Maintenance
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