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27 May 2005

US GPs sceptical about patient access to records

A survey of attitudes towards patient-accessible electronic patient records in primary care in the US has revealed that GPs, rather
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23 May 2005

Minister launches patient ‘guarantee’ on records

The government has published a series of commitments in the form of a guarantee on how nationally held electronic health
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13 April 2005

Hutton defends premium rate patient calls

Health minister John Hutton has defended the use of premium rate bedside telephones in hospitals, calling them "a vital direct
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16 March 2005

Welsh hospital trust looks to merge patient records

Pontypridd & Rhondda NHS Trust has installed a system that allows patient details to be stored on a central server,
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4 March 2005

Wheelchair data put on electronic patient record

Ethitec, manufacturers of patient record system Tiara9 and the Equipment Loans Management System (ELMS), has developed a new module that
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1 March 2005

MPs told ETP plans may jeopardise patient choice

Pharmacist representatives have told MPs that plans to allow GPs and other prescribers to nominate a patient’s pharmacy for electronic
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16 February 2005

City and Hackney shares patient data securely

City and Hackney Teaching PCT in Central London has installed comprehensive security software which, it is hoped, will improve security
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1 February 2005

Fingers point the way forward for patient ID

A group of practices that won an IT innovations award have begun to install a fingerprint identification system that allows
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17 January 2005

Wirral tenders for new patient care system

A trust that pioneered the use of IT in the NHS is tendering for a new patient care information system
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26 November 2004

CRDB conference stokes debate on patient awareness

E-Health Insider reports on the Care Records Development Board’s first conference, in London, which aimed to address the tough questions
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