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Doctors.net.uk helps put docs in the dock

Doctors.net.uk, the online medical network of UK doctors, has teamed up with Capita Health Solutions (CHS) to enable doctors to
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Ascribe moves into A&E

Ascribe Plc has announced that it has acquired A&E specialist software company Footman Walker Ltd for £2.6 million. Footman Walker
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Patients becoming apprehensive of NHS CRS

Patients are contacting their GPs with concerns about the confidentiality of their data held on GP computer systems as awareness
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National Scottish NHS IT procurement begins

 The National Health Service for Scotland has begun re-tendering exercise for end-to-end delivery of its principal IT services, in a
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Teknical

This E-Health Insider feature, supported by Teknical, offers a guide to current trends in e-learning, practical advice on choosing e-learning
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Welsh telemedicine in great shape, says First Minister

Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan, has lent his support to the use of telemedicine within the country, saying that it
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No need to register for Choose and Book yet, says BMA

GP representatives have told GPs that there is no need to complete the registration process for Connecting for Health in
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Minister launches patient ‘guarantee’ on records

The government has published a series of commitments in the form of a guarantee on how nationally held electronic health
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The virtual patient

Dr Richard Fitton, GP and member of the Care Record Development Board, predicts a future in which patients have control
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Pharmacists advised not to sign ETP agreements

Pharmacists are being advised not to sign agreements for electronic transmission of prescription (ETP) enabled systems until guidance on compliance
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