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20 September 2004

Children’s e-health strategy focuses on shared records

An information strategy published as part of the new Children’s and Maternity Services National Service Framework focuses on how health information
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10 September 2004

Health connectivity: the global holy grail

SAN FRANCISCO— The National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) may be the envy of many a country for its £6.2
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3 September 2004

NHS Scotland begins national EPR procurement

The NHS National Services Scotland, on behalf of NHS Scotland, has issued an OJEU invitation for expressions of interest for
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26 August 2004

The productivity guessing game

Introducing new IT systems should improve productivity - but how will the NHS know? Healthcare commentator, Roy Lilley, doubts whether
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20 August 2004

Doctors should see patients by e-mail, researchers say

Research published in the BMJ today has found that doctors and patients are both missing out on the benefits that
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29 July 2004

NPfIT receives Big Brother award for privacy fears

The National Programme for IT has won “Most Appalling Project" at Privacy International’s 6th Annual UK Big Brother awards at
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21 July 2004

NPfIT enlists help with IT industry communication

The NHS National Programme for IT has recruited external help to improve communication with its IT suppliers by awarding a contract
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30 June 2004

ASSIST attacks GP boycott of electronic records

The chairman of the Association for ICT Professionals in Health and Social Care (ASSIST) has condemned GPs for voting not
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18 June 2004

Image-sharing over web helps child burn patients

Two west London hospitals, St Mary’s Paediatric A&E, Paddington, and Chelsea & Westminister’s specialist burns unit, have developed an electronic
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2 June 2004

Mixed results for health websites in accessibility survey

The NHS Direct website is not accessible enough for disabled users and contains too many coding errors, whereas the new
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