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16 August 2005

Patient-based web mapping system piloted

A mapping and feedback system that allows patients to flag up problems with their journey through the NHS system is
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16 August 2005

Opinions sought on EHRs in informatics survey

Clinicians and support staff are being invited to comment on their experiences of electronic health records in a survey being
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16 August 2005

PCTs await C+B incentive payment decisions

A straw poll taken by EHI Primary Care has revealed an enthusiastic take-up among PCTs of the Department of Health’s
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15 August 2005

18,000 GPs registered for care records

The number of NHS staff registered to eventually use the national NHS Care Records Service (NHS CRS), when it becomes
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15 August 2005

National Knowledge Service aims high

Building a centralised electronic National Knowledge Service, that will deliver focused clinical knowledge to clinicians when they need it, has
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12 August 2005

Decision on Boots ETP software due soon

Boots, the retail pharmacy chain, hopes to hear soon whether it has reached the criteria needed to obtain a certificate
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12 August 2005

A wristband that checks the right drug? Brilliant

A student at Brunel University has won an industry prize for designing a hospital wristband, called ‘Brilliant’, that can check the dose
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11 August 2005

Hampshire SHA payroll staff transfer to Xansa

Xansa’s NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), a joint venture with the DH designed to centralise financial systems across the NHS, has signed up
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11 August 2005

Drug test

In his second article in the series, Pete Marsh, technical director of Wirral Health Informatics service, looks at specific issues
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11 August 2005

Course offers fast track to health fundamentals

A short course offering a rapid induction into the world of healthcare and the NHS has been designed by the
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