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EMIS set to pilot new e-records system

GP computer supplier EMIS is about to pilot its new electronic record system linking practices with community teams including district
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Sentinel enables Sedgefield PCT to log incidents online

Sedgefield Primary Care Trust is reported to have seen a dramatic increase in the reporting of patient safety incidents since
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BCS announces speaker line-up for HC2006

The British Computer Society has announced details of its speaker line-up for this year’s HC2006 health informatics conference at Harrogate,
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iSoft Synergy clears Scottish accreditation hurdle

iSoft has announced that it has achieved the Scottish Enhanced Functionality accreditation for its Synergy Enterprise application for GPs and
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First P1R2 C+B implementation claimed in Crewe

Mid-Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust has upgraded its iCS patient administration system to cope with P1R2 (phase 1, release 2) of
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‘Upcoding’ a hazard as PbR pressure grows

Clinical coders are coming under pressure to ‘upcode’ to maximise income under Payment by Results, a conference heard last week.
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BUPA Hospitals select Kodak for RIS/PACS

BUPA Hospitals has signed an agreement with Eastman Kodak Company’s Health Group to provide the private hospital chain with an
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First for Carecast

UCLH is the first in the capital to have IDX's CareCast up and running. E-Health Insider finds out how the
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Guy’s and St Thomas’ chief calls for flexibility in NPfIT

The case for introducing more flexibility into the National Programme for IT was set out this week by the chief
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Northumbria goes outside NPfIT for PAS

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust has gone out to tender for a patient administration system as a result of delays in
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