Safety

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16 December 2008

European drugs to carry barcodes

Medicines sold across Europe will have to carry barcodes and other improved security mechanisms, under proposals unveiled by the European
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15 December 2008

Commission sets out steps on patient safety

The European Commission has published proposals designed to improve patient safety and reduce the number of patients who suffer harm
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15 December 2008

SCR integrated into Adastra

Out-of-hours provider Adastra has delivered an integrated solution for the Summary Care Record that will make access to the SCR
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11 December 2008

Watchdog calls for safety culture

The Healthcare Commission has urged the NHS to generate better comparative information on safe care and outcomes and to set
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10 December 2008

Shake up in Informatics Planning

Local health communities have been instructed to move towards “information-led rather than service-led planning” and to create new structures to
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9 December 2008

Keogh promotes use of the NHS Number

Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has written to all NHS chief executives and medical directors to promote wider use of the
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2 December 2008

Just champion

Sue Rushbrook won the Healthcare ICT Champion of the Year award for her work on a voice and data network
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28 November 2008

No more pins: digital signage in Birmingham

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has deployed one of the UK’s largest digital signage networks. The Connectvision system from
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20 November 2008

Germany’s GEK picks Atos for e-health card

German health insurer, Gmünder ErsatzKasse (GEK), has signed a five-year deal with Atos World line, to implement and operate the
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18 November 2008

BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008: live on the night

Almost 400 people gathered at the Millennium Mayfair hotel for the BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008. Lyn Whitfield was among
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