Informatics

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11 August 2005

Course offers fast track to health fundamentals

A short course offering a rapid induction into the world of healthcare and the NHS has been designed by the
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5 August 2005

Nurses save most time with IT training

Based on a telephone poll Connecting for Health has claimed that staff who master basic IT skills under the NHS
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2 August 2005

PCT mergers look set to disrupt IT plans

IT departments of NHS organisations are beginning to feel the impact of plans to shake-up the structure of the health
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28 July 2005

The ‘magic glue’

EHI speaks to Beverly Malone, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, about the importance of raising awareness of
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22 July 2005

Record hazards

Dr Glyn Hayes, Chair of the Health Informatics Forum at the British Computer Society, argues that electronic patient records can
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23 June 2005

National A+E system begins rollout in Scotland

iSOFT has announced the first implementation of a Scotland-wide A&E informatics system in NHS Grampian. The Emergency Department Information System
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19 May 2005

Choose and Book may get mobile txt reminders

Plans are being drawn up to introduce a national automatic appointment reminder service to cut missed appointments by patients, a
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17 May 2005

Data remember

Data transferred between GP systems must be scrupulously examined for errors. E-Health Insider looks at the issues involved and where
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12 May 2005

300 practices’ QoF results online at GP’s site

Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) results for nearly 300 practices have been put online by a GP who plans to include
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27 April 2005

RCN Congress calls for nurse IT involvement

Nurses need training and guidance to use new IT systems within the NHS or they risk being left on the sidelines,
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