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Archive: 2007

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10 April 2007

£10m NHS service comparison site to be announced

An online comparison site which will enable NHS patients to compare different health services and shop around for a GP
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10 April 2007

CSC deploys first community PAS in Eastern cluster

Cambridgeshire PCT has become the first trust to receive an iSoft Community iPM system from Computer Sciences Corporation in the
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10 April 2007

Vital signs system monitors patients electronically

A new hand-held computer system called VitalPAC, which allows staff to input patients’ vital signs electronically from the bedside, has
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10 April 2007

Telecare framework sales near £7m mark

Almost £7m of sales have gone through the telecare national framework agreement since its launch last June and an update
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5 April 2007

FOI victory on report that led to axing of NHSu

Nurse educator and health informatician, Rod Ward, has won the right under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act to see
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5 April 2007

Social workers get £13m for laptops

The government is to give local authorities a capital grant of £13million to invest in mobile IT for social workers.
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5 April 2007

Extra suppliers catalogue tender welcomed by industry

Reaction to last week’s publication of the tender for a catalogue of additional healthcare IT suppliers was broadly positive, generating
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4 April 2007

Hewitt apologises for junior doctor recruitment crisis

The health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, has apologised to junior doctor applicants after the problems experienced by the online system used
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4 April 2007

Agfa launch ORBIS EPR to UK market

Agfa HealthCare has launched its proven ORBIS electronic patient record system in the UK for the first time. The software
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4 April 2007

79 Milton Keynes staff say Millennium “not fit for purpose”

Seventy-nine clinicians and admin staff at Milton Keynes General Hospital have written an open letter to the management stating that
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