Informatics

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17 March 2005

NPfIT clinical leads to attend HC2005

The British Computer Society Health Informatics Forum (BCSHIF) have announced two new sessions at next week’s Healthcare Computing 2005 (HC2005)
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15 March 2005

Pathology links system said to be unsafe

The pathology links system is delivering inappropriately coded results in England which make it clinically unsafe because the codes used
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3 March 2005

IT input for nurses

E-Health Insider speaks to Sharon Levy from the RCN about what steps NPfIT needs to take to engage with nurses,
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10 February 2005

NPfIT urged to communicate with nurses

The Royal College of Nursing have called for better communication between nursing staff and the National Programme for IT, and
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3 February 2005

New clinical representative groups to be established

A series of new clinical representative groups are to be established to provide a direct link for the first time
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3 February 2005

Interactive London PCT map shows STD increase

An online interactive map that shows incidences of STD cases in London over the past seven years has been published
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1 February 2005

GPs urge rethink on Choose and Book

Primary care trusts (PCTs) will fail to persuade GPs to use Choose and Book unless the system is overhauled, according
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24 December 2004

Health and Social Care chief talks about year ahead

Bob Allen, interim chief executive of the new Information Centre for Health and Social Care, has spoken to E-Health Insider
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7 December 2004

Digital pen makes light work of filling out care forms

A digital pen and paper system that records handwriting for ‘playback’ into text could be a boon for healthcare workers and cut
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6 December 2004

Live appointment booking cuts waiting times

The introduction of a live patient booking system has resulted in a dramatic reduction of waiting lists and missed appointments
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