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E-booking milestone reached

In an exclusive E-Health Insider has learned that the national programme for IT has successfully reached one of its key
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Private sector to help IT innovation in new scheme

An initiative launched by the DH yesterday aims to encourage the sharing of innovative ideas between individual NHS organisations in England, with
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Airedale puts X-rays on PACS

Airedale NHS Trust, in Keighley, West Yorkshire, has installed a PACS system that allows x-rays to be stored and shared.
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Patient and clinical advisory boards to be replaced

A new Care Record Development Board (CRDB) is to be created to help ensure NHS IT helps deliver better patient
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NPfIT nominated for Big Brother award

The National Programme for IT has been nominated for the “Most Appalling Project" in Privacy International’s UK Big Brother 2004 awards
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Patients need access to electronic records, say academics

Patients can and should have access to their electronic health records, in order to keep them up-to-date and accurate, a
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Paperless hospital medication pilot launches in Australia

A hospital in Australia has become among the first in the world to install a fully paperless medication management system which
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Support for Read Codes to end in 18 months

The NHS Terminology Service has announced that the maintenance of Read Codes is to end on 31st December, 2005, to
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BMA asks for clarity on care record issues

Doctors at the British Medical Association’s Annual Representative Meeting at Llandudno have demanded that the NHS Care Records System should not
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Halligan: “Connection” goal of IT reform

Aidan Halligan, deputy chief medical officer and director general of strategic development for the National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT),
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