Safety

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26 June 2008

GS1 and CfH sign 110 hospitals to ‘scan and save’

Barcode standards specialist GS1 UK says that 110 NHS hospitals across England have now signed up to 'scan and save'.
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25 June 2008

Safer surgery tool 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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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

NHS leaders see IT as promising NHS opportunity

Over 90% of NHS leaders see IT as a promising opportunity for the NHS over the next ten years, a
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18 June 2008

German medication specialists back decision support

Two leading members of the medication commission of the German National Chamber of Doctors have urged German hospitals to implement
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13 June 2008

Portsmouth deploys electronic document management

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust has fully deployed an electronic document management system, using barcodes to store information on the location
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11 June 2008

Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare Professionals conference

Julie Tindale, NHS CFH national clinical lead for midwifery, and Barbara Stuttle, national clinical lead for nursing, outline their roles
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6 June 2008

Why the NHS needs a new generation of CIOs

Dr Paul Whatling, International Consulting Lead for Perot Systems, considers the changing role of CIOs.
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29 May 2008

DH funds collaborative ICT research

Information and Communications technology features in five of the seven partnerships which are receiving a share of the £64m research
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27 May 2008

GPs call for halt to centrally-held patient records

GP representatives must ensure that a halt is put to the development of centrally-held patient records, this year’s local medical
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