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Dr Foster offers data on repeat admissions

 Medical data firm Dr Foster intelligence is offering PCTs a web-based tool that can identify patients and conditions with high
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City and Hackney PCT chooses iPlato

City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust (tPCT) has launched a mobile phone text appointment reminder service for patients attending
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Rant or rate?

A NHS-backed social software project is helping patients give feedback online directly to healthcare organisations, finds Fiona Barr.
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EMIS set to pilot new e-records system

GP computer supplier EMIS is about to pilot its new electronic record system linking practices with community teams including district
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Sentinel enables Sedgefield PCT to log incidents online

Sedgefield Primary Care Trust is reported to have seen a dramatic increase in the reporting of patient safety incidents since
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HealthPro2 mapping software launched

  MapInfo, a provider of location intelligence solutions, has announced the launch of the latest version of its mapping application
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Authorities flag up problems ahead for C+B plans

Health authorities have until the middle of March to submit plans for meeting the government’s Choose and Book targets but
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London child health system led to vaccination problems

Problems with the introduction of a new child health information system, provided under NHS Connecting for Health to ten PCTs
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Technology ‘should be used in long term conditions’

Technology should be used in several ways to help people who have long-term conditions care for themselves, although caution must
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Choice proves tough for some practices in Cambridge

Two primary care trusts have told practices in need of hardware upgrades to their IT systems that they will need
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