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7 June 2004

Hospital introduces electronic social care referral

An NHS Foundation Trust has developed a seamless electronic social care referral system that ensures that social workers are fully
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25 May 2004

Report challenges hospital mobile ban

A new report on electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) in healthcare facilities challenges the wisdom of blanket prohibitions
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25 May 2004

Three NHSIA offices to go in Lyons rationalisation

Three NHS Information Authority offices in south east England are to be closed and their 142 staff offered relocation and
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21 May 2004

NHS Innovation Centre may encourage new technology

A new NHS Innovation Centre may soon be developed to allow health professionals, who have new ideas on how to use
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21 May 2004

ASSIST to seek partnership with British Computer Society

ASSIST, the Association for ICT Professionals in Health and Social Care, has voted to seek partnership with the British Computer
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4 May 2004

US political rivals manage to agree on electronic records

President George W. Bush last week created the position of national health information technology co-ordinator, with the goal of making
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29 April 2004

Minister upbeat on ID card benefits for NHS

Health minister, John Hutton, says ID cards will help NHS staff check whether patients are eligible to receive treatment and
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21 April 2004

IT projects fail because best practice not applied

Billions of pounds are wasted every year on new IT systems, with only 16% that can be considered a true
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17 March 2004

Government says open source not a ‘hype bubble’

The Office of the e-Envoy has issued an updated consultation paper on the use of open source software (OSS) by
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4 March 2004

Parliamentary briefing paper sets out challenges for NPfIT

A new parliamentary briefing paper on the National Programme for IT has highlighted stakeholder involvement, communications, "imposing change on a
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