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User group buys majority of Ireland’s HEALTHone

GP users of one of Ireland’s leading clinical management systems have banded together to buy a majority shareholding in the supplier. Health
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Key role for NCRS in dual registration

The British Medical Association (BMA) has given cautious backing to proposals to allow patients to register with two GP practices
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ClinPhone voted best outsourcing deal

Software that enables patients taking part in clinical trials to report data over the phone has won a major industry
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HPA wins award for e-learning project

 The Health Protection Agency has won an award for an e-learning package that instructs doctors how to deal with major
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Liverpool trust rejects delayed PACS

A leading NHS trust in the North West and West Midlands cluster has been forced to scrap its implementation of
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NHS Direct proposes online social care wiki

NHS Direct could soon be setting up an online social care ‘wiki’ that would allow patients to learn from one
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Award for time-saving medical images system

An online system that has reduced the time taken to make clinical images available to consultants from four weeks to about
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Scots consumers call for information on record sharing

The Scottish Consumer Council is pressing for more information to be distributed to patients about the way their electronic health
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ETP potential

EHI talks to Tim Donohoe, group director at Connecting for Health, about the development of the national electronic prescribing service.
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PCT forced to revert to paper systems

A primary care trust has been forced to abandon its planned move to a Connecting for Health community patient administration
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