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23 September 2008

60 second interview: Jean Roberts

Our latest 60 second interview is with Dr Jean Roberts, an internationally known health informatician.
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31 July 2008

London pharmacies use SMS for stop smoking drive

Pharmacies in London are to use text messaging to launch a smoking cessation campaign and offer customers support to kick
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29 July 2008

Scotland superbug alert system delayed

The Electronic Communication of Surveillance in Scotland system, which will be used to alert doctors to superbug outbreaks, will not
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23 July 2008

Act paves way for NIGB

The National Information Governance Board is to become a statutory body, replacing the Patient Information Advisory Group, following Royal Assent
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7 July 2008

CfH technology boss says paper not fit for purpose

Connecting for Health’s chief technology officer, Paul Jones has stressed the importance of integrating standards to achieve interoperability in healthcare,
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25 June 2008

Safer surgery checklist launched by WHO

The World Health Organisation has devised a new safety checklist designed to help cut the number of preventable surgical complications
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24 June 2008

NLH to close clinical answers website

The National Library for Health (NLH) is to close its online clinical question and answer service this week despite protests
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17 June 2008

Creating a master guide to NHS websites

In his latest column GP Dr Neil Paul offers some suggestions to make it easier to find NHS information.
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13 June 2008

EHI’s news roundup 13.06.08

E-Health Insider’s news round up for the week ending 13 June 2008 features new initiatives, supplier news, awards and newly
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2 June 2008

Consultation begins on national GP data extraction

The Information Centre has announced it is beginning consultations with stakeholders for a new data extraction system that will record
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