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Electronic toolkit to be an asset in stroke care

A new electronic toolkit which aims to cut the number of strokes and provide better services for those who do
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NHS plan signals shift to local IT ownership

A sharp shift of responsibility for NHS IM&T in England from the centre to local organisations is signalled in the
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Concern over slow progress in acute sector

A board paper written for the largest NHS trust in England says that its region of the National Programme for
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BUPA sends old computers to Moldovan hospitals

Private healthcare provider BUPA has donated £25,000 to technology charity Digital Links International to cover the costs of providing 800
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MP “looking into” how NAO report was drafted

Commons Public Accounts Committee member and outspoken scrutiniser of the National Programme for IT, Richard Bacon MP, says he is
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The next wave

Ben Toth explains how the user's relationship with the internet is changing, in the first of two articles on healthcare
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Thousands call NHS Direct in poisoning fear

Thousands have been in contact with NHS Direct fearing they may have been contaminated by the radioactive material used to
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New order

In his second article for EHI, Dr Andrew Harrison suggests some ways that ordering tests could be made seamless and
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DH carrying out ‘confidential’ review of CfH

E-Health Insider has learned that an urgent ‘confidential’ review of the NHS IT programme and structure of Connecting for Health,
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Paper weight

Cardiac liaison nurse specialst Rob Harteveldt wonders at his increasing mountains of paperwork and asks why IT isn't reducing the
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