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Health check highlights record keeping issues

The Healthcare Commission has once again identified record keeping as one of the weakest areas of NHS performance in its
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Hospitals to assess satisfaction ‘in real time’

Health secretary Alan Johnson told the Labour Party conference yesterday that he wants to see NHS trusts collecting “immediate feedback”
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Barking goes-live with EuroKing maternity system

Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust has gone live with EuroKing Miracle’s web-based maternity information system, E3, to help
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QoF to be ‘crucial’ in obesity plans

The government has said the Quality and Outcomes Framework will play a “crucial” part in its plans to tackle obesity
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Major weaknesses found in maternity systems

The Healthcare Commission has urged trusts to invest in maternity information systems in a report that identifies major weaknesses in
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We live in digital times

Nick Timmins, public policy editor of the Financial Times, argues that the NHS has to succeed in digitisatising if it
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Tories promise NHS information revolution

The Conservative Party has promised an “information revolution” in the NHS with a focus on health outcomes.
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NHS Tayside launches video GP trial

NHS Tayside patients are the first to be able to use an out-of-hours GP video link to communicate with nurses
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Tories would end projects like NHS ‘supercomputer’

Conservative party leader, David Cameron promised today that if his party was elected there would be no more IT projects
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Conservatives hold review of NHS IT

The Conservative party has confirmed it is currently undertaking an independent review of the National Programme for IT. Shadow health
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