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10 September 2009

Trust stands up to lying down

Seven staff at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been suspended after allegedly taking part in a ‘lying down
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27 August 2009

Audit Commission warns on poor records

The Audit Commission has called on organisations at all levels of the NHS to improve the standard of record keeping
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26 August 2009

US releases $1.2 billion for EMRs

The US government is releasing $1.2 billion (€800m) to help healthcare providers implement and use electronic medical records. The grants
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26 August 2009

Personal view: Tim Benson

Standards guru Tim Benson argues that understanding health interoperability, HL7 and SNOMED CT will become increasingly important in this taster
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25 August 2009

EC demands in-car emergency systems

The European Commission has made a final call to EU countries to implement in-car technology that alerts the emergency services
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20 August 2009

Personal view: Mary Hawking

Mary Hawking, a GP and critical friend of NHS IT, asks: are your records fit for sharing?
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17 August 2009

NPSA: unsure if wristband target met

The National Patient Safety Agency has said a technical problem means it is unable to establish whether its target to make sure that all
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13 August 2009

In defence of the Spine

Ewan Davis surprises himself by setting out the case in defence of the NHS Spine. He argues that if we
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13 August 2009

DH launches hospital comparison site

The Department of Health has launched a new comparison element to the NHS Choices website, which allows patients to compare
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12 August 2009

One in three don’t collect anti-virals

More than one in three people have failed to collect their anti-viral medicine after being issued with an authorisation number
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