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11 September 2007

Wanless warns NPfIT risking NHS modernisation

In a review of NHS modernisation efforts Sir Derek Wanless has criticised the slow progress of the National Programme for
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11 September 2007

Practices urged to decide on systems by year end

Connecting for Health (CfH) wants all GP practices in England to decide whether they want to stick with their existing
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11 September 2007

Microsoft launches CUI internationally

Microsoft has today launched its health Common User Interface (CUI), designed to help improve patient safety and the efficiency of
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10 September 2007

One quarter of patients favour records opt-out

Two-thirds of patients believe the government’s consent plans for the Summary Care Record (SCR) are acceptable but one in four
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10 September 2007

Voice Recognition

There is something wonderfully space-age about speech recognition. Long before most people had ever seen a computer, they had seen
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10 September 2007

Lewisham cuts missed appointments with SMS

Lewisham PCT has reduced the number of missed appointments in 16 practices by 27% by using text message appointment reminders
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10 September 2007

New evidence for hospital mobile ban

New research in the journal Critical Care has provided fresh evidence that mobile phone signals over short ranges can interfere
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10 September 2007

Bulgaria begins electronic health cards pilot

The Bulgarian Ministry of Health and the National Health Insurance Fund have begun piloting the issuing of electronic health cards,
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10 September 2007

Initiate to help deliver national child database

Capgemini UK has selected Initiate Systems Inc to provide the foundational linking and matching technology for the UK national children’s
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7 September 2007

First five GPSoC suppliers signed

The eight suppliers that are to be awarded contracts under the GP Systems of Choice (GP Soc) framework contract have
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