Quality

Archive
15 February 2008

PbR held back by NHS data failures

A new report into the progress of Payment by Results (PbR) has concluded that problems with the quality and timeliness of
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14 February 2008

Great Yarmouth GPs use pathology e-requesting

GP practices in East Anglia are using a new order communications solution called GP RequestVision from Olympus, to request pathology
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13 February 2008

Finding reliable health information online

Healthcare information is abundant online, but it can be hard to know what is current and medically correct. Joe Fernandez
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13 February 2008

BMJ Clinical Evidence to integrate with Millennium

The BMJ Group has signed an agreement with Cerner to integrate its medical information database, Clinical Evidence, with Cerner’s Millennium
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13 February 2008

NHS Direct launches SMS service

NHS Direct has launched a new text messaging service that allows users to obtain details of local health facilities. Anyone
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12 February 2008

Private GP providers’ technology

The private providers winning contracts to run general practices have information technology close to the top of their agendas, Fiona
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11 February 2008

Interoperability road map in development

A Turkish research consortium is developing a road map for e-health interoperability that would eventually link up the health information
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8 February 2008

Praise for departed head of CfH

With the news of Richard Granger’s departure as head of Connecting for Health, a number of the key individuals he
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8 February 2008

Castilla-La Mancha chooses Steria for healthcard

The Health Service of Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM), Spain, has chosen Steria to implement its new healthcard system. The new system
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8 February 2008

Experience information deficit must be overcome

A steering group focused on harnessing the power of public opinion has found that many NHS boards do not have
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