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Every PCT to miss Choose and Book target

The Department of Health (DH) has admitted that not a single primary care trust in England is likely to be
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Hospital reports over 2,600 e-referrals per month

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is receiving over 2,600 electronic referrals a month using software that slots into
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CfH business plan indicates delivery delay

NHS Connecting for Health has issued its first annual business plan listing the agency’s achievements and setting out a programme
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New London RID appointed

Kevin Jarrold, director of information management at University College London Hospital (UCLH), has been appointed as the new regional implementation
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NHS telecoms fraud survey taken on by consultancy

An international consultancy company has stepped in to fill what it says is a hole in NHS telecommunications fraud prevention services
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SMS event alert system planned for care workers

iSentry have announced the release of their Digital Witness service, a web-based compliance monitoring and alert system aimed at health
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PDAs beat pagers for doctor response times, says study

A study published in the open-access journal BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making has revealed that surgeons at a London
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Pancreatic cancer surgery gets 3D imaging

  Scientists at the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) have developed software that can generate three-dimensional models of the pancreas
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Wirral’s gateway to care

Pete Marsh, technical director of Wirral Health Informatics, outlines the needs and obstacles often not considered by those implementing clinical
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King’s Fund calls for technology use in chronic care

A King’s Fund report into the management of long-term conditions has called for PCTs to put more emphasis on using
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