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18 April 2005

Somerset EPR “commended” by Healthcare Commission

The Healthcare Commission has praised Somerset Partnership NHS & Social Care Trust for its implementation of an electronic patient record,
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15 April 2005

London RID suspended pending investigation

NHS Connecting for Health has announced that its regional implementation director for London, David Kwo, was suspended from duty on
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15 April 2005

Southampton City PCT overhauls web services

Southampton City Primary Care Trust have announced a new version of its website that it hopes will better engage both
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15 April 2005

Can routine data detect ‘rogue’ doctors?

Was Rodney Ledward a statistical outlier? Researchers have discovered that the rogue gynaecologist could have been detected through the analysis
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14 April 2005

Siemens chosen for eye screening in Scotland

NHS Scotland has signed a deal with Siemens Medical Solutions to supply the screening module of its Soarian web-based electronic
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14 April 2005

Microsoft in the NHS

Dr Bill Crounse, Microsoft's Global Healthcare Industry Manager, talks to EHI about Microsoft's involvement in the NHS IT programme and
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14 April 2005

Ex-NHSIA chief comes home again to Wales

Gwyn Thomas, former chief executive of the now-defunct NHS Information Authority, is the new Director of the NHS Wales Informing
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13 April 2005

Carry your medical records on a USB drive

A biochemistry professor has developed a USB key chain so that people can carry around their own electronic medical records downloaded
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13 April 2005

Hutton defends premium rate patient calls

Health minister John Hutton has defended the use of premium rate bedside telephones in hospitals, calling them "a vital direct
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12 April 2005

NI GPs fear raid on computer money

GPs in Northern Ireland say money earmarked for primary care IT has been subject to huge delays and fear the
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