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4 July 2003

PDAs or Tablet PCs? – The debate continues…

Last week Dr Andrew Harrison wrote about his experience of using a Tablet PC on the wards – The Tablet
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3 July 2003

Granger Tells NHS Boards to Take on IT

A sign of the times was provided last week when it was standing room only at the NHS Confederation’s annual
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3 July 2003

ETP Pilots Ended for 5,000 Patients

The two remaining operational pilots for electronic transfer of prescriptions ETP are to be ended by the Department of Health
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3 July 2003

Open Source: Tablet PCs Wrong for Doctors – Steve Garrington, CEO Torex Health

Last week hospital doctor, Andrew Harrison, shared his experience of testing a Tablet PC on the wards. Steve Garrington, chief
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19 June 2003

Granger: Rip and Replace Fears Unfounded

Fears of a wholesale rip and replace strategy to update NHS IT are unfounded and existing ‘legacy’ systems will continue
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12 June 2003

Granger says Failure will be Penalised

NHS IT Director General Richard Granger this week raised the ante for would-be suppliers to the National Programme for IT
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27 May 2003

Time to Get More Involved With NPfIT, Granger Tells Staff

Richard Granger, Director General of NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) last week told NHS IT professionals that the time
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8 May 2003

Basque GPs Suspended over Centralised Data Protest

Two GPs from the Basque Country in northern Spain have been suspended without pay, apparently for refusing to use a
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30 April 2003

The National IT Programme: Readers Have Their Say 2

Our first batch of readers’ comments on the National Programme for IT in the NHS brought some interesting replies. The
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29 April 2003

Spring Quiz: The Answers

Thanks to everyone who entered the Spring Quiz. The winner is… Deirdre MacGuigan, Knowledge Development Co-ordinator, IM&T Modernisation Programme, Buckinghamshire
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