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14 October 2009

GP ratings launched on NHS Choices

The Department of Health has launched a controversial online rating service to let patients rate and compare GP practices.
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14 October 2009

Gloucester deploys Aruba wireless LAN

Cheltenam general hospital Gloucester Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has deployed a wireless network from Aruba across both of its hospitals.
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14 October 2009

Texts double smokers’ quit rate

An international study has shown that programmes that use text messaging to help people stop smoking can double the chances
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13 October 2009

SCR data accreditation ‘to be dropped’

NHS Connecting for Health looks likely to drop the requirement for GP practice data to be accredited before Summary Care Records
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13 October 2009

Google spreads Flu Trends

Google has expanded its Flu Trends tracking tool to include 16 more countries. The company, which launched the free tool
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13 October 2009

Cheshire and Wirral encrypts email

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has announced that it will use a trust-wide external email encryption system from
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13 October 2009

Unite calls for better IT training

Health visitors believe they are not getting enough IT training on their local electronic patient record systems, according to a
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12 October 2009

Interview: Mary Hawking

Fiona Barr talks to veteran healthcare IT campaigner Dr Mary Hawking, who recently won the John Perry award.
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12 October 2009

Sponsored case study: Microsoft

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust has invested in a Microsoft network infrastructure to make information readily available wherever
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12 October 2009

Vet centre

Dr Adam Darkins explains to Neil Versel why telehealth is key to the future of the Veterans Health Administration.
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