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25 October 2004

Geordie GUM website may spare patients’ blushes

Newcastle PCT have launched a website for their genito-urinary medicine (GUM) clinic with the help of the local rugby team and a
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22 October 2004

Counter fraud staff to gain right to access NHS records

Health Minister, Lord Warner today unveiled new powers that will provide NHS counter fraud staff with the power to demand
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21 October 2004

A few billion between friends?

After a week of headlines about implementation costs for the NHS IT modernisation programme E-Health Insider takes a rain check
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21 October 2004

New NHSU web tool assesses informatics skills

The NHS University (NHSU) has unveiled a new online personal information management survey designed to assess training needs in informatics for
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20 October 2004

Siemens wins Frost & Sullivan healthcare IT award

Frost & Sullivan have given this year’s Healthcare Information Technology Company of the Year Award to Siemens Medical Solutions, which
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19 October 2004

Great Ormond Street selects Tomcat for cardiac system

Belfast-based Tomcat Clinical Systems, the supplier of specialist Cardiac Information Systems has signed a contract with London’s Great Ormond Street
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19 October 2004

DR scanner improves radiology productivity by 60%

The installation of a new digital radiography (DR) system in Edith Cavell Hospital, Cambridgeshire, has boosted productivity in the radiology
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18 October 2004

Too much information bad for your health, study shows

A study published by University College London has found that people suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes or asthma
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17 October 2004

Survey finds IT consultation inadequate or non-existent

A new survey of doctors’ views of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) shows 92% of medics questioned felt that
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15 October 2004

Life outside NPfIT: Wales

In the first part of a series, E-Health Insider looks at the developments in healthcare IT in Wales, under the
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