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25 July 2006

Universal e-prescribing recommended for US

All prescribers and pharmacies should be using e-prescriptions by 2010, US experts on drug error prevention have recommended. A report
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21 July 2006

RFID records to be implanted in 280 patients

RFID implant manufacturers VeriChip have announced that 280 patients from the New Jersey area are to have health records chips inserted
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10 July 2006

iSoft’s financial troubles mount

Troubled UK health IT software firm iSoft was plunged into further financial crisis on Friday after it announced it had
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6 July 2006

iSoft begins EPR roll-out at Derby

iSoft has announced that the initial roll-out of its iCM electronic patient record (EPR) system at Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation
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6 July 2006

Come together

As mobile devices start taking on more than one function, what implications will there be for healthcare? Colin Jervis of
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6 July 2006

Patient safety becomes priority for NHS IT

The NHS National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has worked with Connecting for Health to build a rigorous system of safety
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29 June 2006

Tablet tests

How did three E-Health Insider readers get on with new tablet PCs in their work? A GP, a dermatologist and
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27 June 2006

Anti-fraud software extended to all NHS acute trusts

A pilot scheme that detected nearly £1m of duplicate and fraudulent payments by the public sector has been extended to
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26 June 2006

Lengthy delivery for NPfIT maternity systems

The delivery of new maternity systems as part of the NHS IT programme has stalled, E-Health Insider has learned. Not
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21 June 2006

City Hospitals Sunderland rolls out e-prescribing

City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out electronic prescribing throughout inpatient areas of the trust. The project required the
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