Safety

Archive
8 December 2005

In the vault

E-Health Insider talks to Gwyn Thomas, director of Welsh healthcare IT programme Informing Healthcare, about how his emphasis is on
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6 December 2005

Paper sole option for patients opting out of CRS

Patients who wish to opt out of having their information recorded on the NHS Care Records Service will only be
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1 December 2005

Local trust data overwritten by Choose and Book

E-Health Insider has learned that some hospitals linked to the national Choose and Book appointment booking system are having some
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24 November 2005

CfH clinical lead predicts consensus on consent

Connecting for Health and the medical profession will be able to reach a consensus on the consent model for the
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24 November 2005

Wristband risk to patient safety highlighted

A drive to raise awareness of the importance of patients wearing hospital wristbands should make barcode and RFID technology more
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22 November 2005

South London and Maudsley goes live with JAC

South London and Maudsley NHS Trust has gone live across the trust with a new pharmacy management system from JAC
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21 November 2005

Key role for NCRS in dual registration

The British Medical Association (BMA) has given cautious backing to proposals to allow patients to register with two GP practices
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15 November 2005

ETP potential

EHI talks to Tim Donohoe, group director at Connecting for Health, about the development of the national electronic prescribing service.
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9 November 2005

Handwriting rules for controlled drug scripts written off

GPs will no longer have to handwrite prescriptions for controlled drugs as a result of amendments to the Misuse of
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8 November 2005

IT vital for sustainable health systems, says PwC

Healthcare systems will need a ‘digital backbone’ to remain sustainable in the face of increasing demand, rising costs, uneven quality
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