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Map of Medicine use cuts poor referrals

Use of Map of Medicine in primary care has led to a significant reduction in inadequate referrals from GPs, according
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CfH one of ‘big three’ users of consultants

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has identified NHS Connecting for Health as one of the big three users of management
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Connelly: South benefits from no LSP

Director general of informatics Christine Connelly has said the National Programme for IT in the NHS’ new approach in the
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BT’s Southern LSP deal cost £546m

BT is to be paid an additional £546m for work at a limited number of NHS trusts in the South
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Wales to pilot PACS integration

Informing Healthcare is planning a pilot for image sharing between picture archiving and communications systems across the country. The PACS integration
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Changing child health systems

A consortium of primary care and acute trusts in the south west discuss the implementation of McKesson’s Care Plus child
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Bristol wristbands use GS1 coding

NHS trust improves patient safety by adopting national coding standards for its new printed wristbands.
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German doctors use iPods for PACS

Clinicians at Jung-Stilling Hospital in Germany are using an iPod Touch to access patient data and diagnostic images at the
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Study finds issues with stroke triage

Software used by ambulance staff to triage calls misses more than 50% of people who have had a stroke, according
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Cerner UK announces redundancies

Cerner has announced a round of redundancies of UK staff, based on the sharply reduced number of implementations it now
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