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Granger answers Choose and Book critics

NHS IT chief, Richard Granger, says that low usage of the Choose and Book system is not something he can
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iSoft named North West business of the year

Manchester-based supplier of clinical software, iSoft, has been named North West business of the year by the Manchester Evening News,
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Choose to stay

Most general practices would be better off sticking with their existing systems, says Ewan Davis, chair of the Primary Health
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Lessons for NPfIT from ‘wild ride’ to US failure

A study of the ‘wild ride’ towards a failed implementation of a new electronic medical record system found a ‘transient
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Making NP fit

Access to centralised records as promised by NPfIT will force a redesign of the way information is handled in the
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James Paget gets outsider PACS

James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust in Norfolk has become the first hospital trust in England to go live with an
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Lab survey settles on best LIMS software

A survey conducted of laboratory information systems by consultancy firm Feltham Associates has placed Technidata’s Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
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Cash injection

After GE's purchase of IDX, are more medical systems companies eyeing up the healthcare IT market? Industry analyst James MacPherson
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E-health not reaching full potential, says study

An industry study into the takeup of e-health technology within the UK has concluded that health professionals are not taking
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NHS chief executive calls for investment in IT

NHS chief executive Nigel Crisp has called on trusts to make greater use of shared back office functions such as
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