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23 October 2012

DH proposes GP contract changes

The government is proposing to change the GP contract to stop financial payments for organisational tasks and reward practices for
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23 October 2012

A very Thurrock job

Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust went live with an electronic medical record system one year ago. Rebecca
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23 October 2012

Wolverhamptom PCT takes Lexacom

Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust is implementing digital dictation across its entire GP practice network.
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23 October 2012

Cheap Leeds offices for tech start-ups

The NHS Commissioning Board is looking to establish a health informatics technology cluster in Leeds where start-ups can get cheap
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Dame Fiona Caldicott
22 October 2012

EHI Live interview: Dame Fiona Caldicott

The chair of the influential Caldicott committee is leading a review of information governance. She talks to Lyn Whitfield about
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22 October 2012

National discharge summary developed

A mental health discharge summary has been developed to standardise information GPs get when a patient is discharged from inpatient
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22 October 2012

Digital health tech lab launched

A research lab has been launched at the University of Warwick to test the effectiveness of digital healthcare technologies, starting
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22 October 2012

Royal Berks spends £30m on Cerner EPR

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has spent nearly £30m on implementing its Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system.
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19 October 2012

Carl Reynolds on procurement woes

Junior doctor and open source enthusiast Carl Reynolds compares buying a used car with buying an NHS IT system, and
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19 October 2012

Two new surgeries get 084 numbers

Two GP surgeries have recently introduced 084 telephone numbers despite a decision by the Department of Health to ban the
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