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Allergies must be Read coded for GP2GP

GPs and practice teams are being advised to record all allergies and sensitivities as Read coded entries to solve a
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West Midland Ambulance Service upgrades network

West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has implemented a fully managed private network from Telewest Business, which for the first time
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Looking abroad

Sinead Quinn, healthcare programme manager at Intellect outlines some international opportunities for UK healthcare businesses in English-speaking countries.
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Diabetes care guideline recommends use of IT

 New international guidance on type 2 diabetes management has included recommendations for making telephone support and electronic medical records available to
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Pathology tech revamp to be ‘re-energised’ by DH

Pathology test results being sent electronically to care providers overnight, and testing facilities being made available in non-traditional settings, are
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Agfa selected as Accenture’s PACS supplier

Agfa-Gevaert has formally announced that it has been selected by Accenture to provide digital radiology imaging management solutions to the
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Lab system supplier gets N3 nod

  Labs system software supplier Technidata UK has announced that it has become among the first independent software suppliers to
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‘Unworkable’ smartcard rules to be re-written

NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) has been forced to scrap the rules that practices must sign up to when they
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GP system choice still under negotiation with LSPs

NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) is unable to provide a firm date on when arrangements will be finalised to provide
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PCT’s e-mail error leaks patient details

A full investigation is underway into an e-mail error that led to confidential information about 92 patients being distributed from
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