Quality

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5 April 2005

Do no harm

Peter Singleton of Cambridge Health Informatics considers the case of a patient who tried to opt out of electronic recording.
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5 April 2005

Paper records only opt-out available to patients

The government’s policy allowing patients to opt out of the NHS Care Records Service is based on the decision that
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4 April 2005

Practices make performance data available on web

Practices from four primary care organisations (PCOs) have put performance data online as part of a project to test the
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1 April 2005

New Information Centre launched

The start of the new NHS financial year sees another round of musical chairs with the abolition of the old
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31 March 2005

NICE backs computerised cognitive behaviour therapy

GPs across England are set to gain access to computerised cognitive behaviour therapy (CCBT) as an option for treating mild
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29 March 2005

Legal issues with GP data transfer mooted at HC2005

GPs who move their electronic patient record data to new systems may have to keep the old ones running concurrently
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24 March 2005

Remote monitoring for heart patients in Newham

Newham University Hospital NHS Trust has officially launched a telemedicine service that allows patients to self-monitor their conditions from their
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23 March 2005

Visiting partner

E-Health Insider speaks to Joseph Ternullo, assistant director of Partners HealthCare in the US, about why telemedicine could be the
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23 March 2005

Northern Ireland unveils plans for electronic records

Northern Ireland has announced plans to develop its own electronic care record in a move which has led to calls
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21 March 2005

Northern Ireland announces new health IT strategy

Northern Ireland has announced plans to develop its own electronic care record in a move which has led to calls
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