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24 March 2009

James Cook says C+B led to DNA rise

Another hospital department has reported an increase in its did-not-attend (DNA) rate for patients whose appointments were made through Choose
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23 March 2009

Call to scrap ‘illegal’ NHS patient database

A quarter of all government databases, including NHS Detailed Care Records Service and NHS CRS Secondary Uses Service, are illegal
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23 March 2009

Agfa-Gevaert Healthcare’s sales falter

Full year results from Belgium’s Agfa-Gavaert show that sales fell 8.6% to €1.23 billion in 2008. Included in the decline
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23 March 2009

Healthcare Commission calls for better early warning systems

The Healthcare Commission has said that early warning systems on patient safety incidents, which highlight key issues on quality of
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23 March 2009

Personal appearance dropped for SCR opt-out

NHS Connecting for Health has dropped the requirement for patients to appear in person if they wish to opt out
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20 March 2009

NICE to take charge of QoF

The Department of Health has announced that it is to go ahead with its plans to put the National Institute
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20 March 2009

PACS group demands action on NHS Number

Why isn’t it compulsory to use the NHS Number as the primary identifier for patients in England, just as the
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20 March 2009

Southend secures email with Proofpoint

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is rolling out a secure email solution from Proofpoint across its 2,500 PCs. The
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20 March 2009

Clinical Solutions partners with Fujitsu in Spain

Fujitsu and Clinical Solutions have announced a partnership to improve access to healthcare advice and services in Spain. Under the
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19 March 2009

E-Health Insider’s industry round up 19.03.09

This month’s E-Health Insider industry round-up covers new products, system deployments and other developments at leading healthcare IT suppliers. SpeechMagic
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