21 October 2002

IT Competence Rising in the NHS

Rising levels of basic IT competence are recorded in 2002 National Health Informatics Competency Survey – but the NHSIA has
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17 October 2002

US Healthcare Slow to Adopt IT

“The most dangerous instrument in medicine is the fountain pen,” according to group president of McKesson, Duncan James, interviewed in
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17 October 2002

All-Wales Approach Proposed for Electronic Records

The long-awaited strategy for health information in Wales proposes a corporate, all-Wales approach to the development of electronic records and
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16 October 2002

Data Grid Announced for UK Mammography Research

IBM, Oxford University and the U.K. government have announced plans to build a distributed computing network, or next generation ‘data
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15 October 2002

NHSIA Launches B2B Business Card Website

The NHS Information Authority’s Industry Liaison team has launched a new website designed to enable suppliers and would be suppliers
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14 October 2002

Live Testing of NHS Electronic Staff Records Begins

The live testing of a new national pay and personnel system for the, was launched on Friday at University Hospital
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10 October 2002

Combined Government Gateway Review Due for IT Programme

The National NHS IT Programme is scheduled to be submitted to a combined Government Gateway review by the end of
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10 October 2002

Planning Blight Accusation For IT Programme

Over 300 IT suppliers and would-be suppliers to the NHS packed the QE2 Conference Centre in London last week for
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9 October 2002

Scottish Universities Lead Virtual Medical School

A group of leading international medical schools, led by Scotland’s University of Dundee, have announced plans to create the world’s
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8 October 2002

NHS Information Charter Needed Says Consumers Association

The NHS should publish a charter outlining how it will share health information and service users must be given a
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