Quality

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18 June 2007

CSC approves IBA’s purchase of iSoft

iSoft Group Plc has announced that it has this morning signed an agreement with Computer Sciences Corporation that will see
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15 June 2007

EC looks to IT to help support older people

The European Commission has unveiled plans for a new €1bn European Action Plan to research the effectiveness of the use
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14 June 2007

UCL re-launches MSc in health informatics

University College London’s (UCL) Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education (CHIME) has announced the re-launch of its MSc Health
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12 June 2007

Cancer researchers link by video

Joe Fernandez looks at how the CancerGrid project is using video conferencing technology to link researchers from Belfast to Cambridge.
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12 June 2007

Data payments announced for Scottish pharmacists

Community pharmacists in Scotland are to receive payments for ensuring the data quality of their patient records ahead of the
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12 June 2007

Poll finds 80 percent want hospital ‘scorecards’ online

An opinion poll commissioned by ‘think tank’ Policy Exchange has found that almost 80% of patients would like more information
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7 June 2007

Patient Opinion website extends across England

Patient Opinion, the independent website founded by a Sheffield GP for recording good and bad comments on hospital care, goes
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4 June 2007

EC announces large scale eHealth pilot

The European Commission has begun its tendering process for a large scale pilot of an EU wide implementation of eHealth
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4 June 2007

New NHS information sources unveiled

Two new NHS websites designed to improve information for patients have been unveiled. NHS Choices, to be launched this summer,
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25 May 2007

Paper records a ‘direct factor’ in patient’s death

An independent inquiry into the death of a patient seen by eight different doctors over a bank holiday weekend has
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