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14 August 2003

XML Special Focus: Unblocking Beds

Bed blocking is an issue faced by every acute hospital. At Queen Alexandra Hospital in the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust,
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14 August 2003

XML Special Focus: e-Booking for GP Special Interest Clinics

Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust (TPCT) faced the common problem of long waiting times for hospital dermatology appointments, but also
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14 August 2003

XML Special Focus: Supporting Clinical Governance

Support for clinical audit and improved clinical governance is one of the great advances promised by electronic medical record systems
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13 August 2003

Major Study of Healthcare IT Benefits Announced

A leading US policy think tank is to conduct a study to determine how much patient care could improve and
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12 August 2003

LSP Clusters Shortlist Announced

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS has announced its shortlist of Local Service Providers (LSPs) selected to
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12 August 2003

IBM and PatientKeeper Expand Wireless Health Collaboration

IBM and PatientKeeper, Inc. have announced an expansion of wireless capabilities to help hospitals enhance patient care, reduce medical errors,
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11 August 2003

IT Key to Future Development of Disease Management

A key role for IT in the integration of patient care is predicted by market analysts, Frost and Sullivan, in
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7 August 2003

Torex Acquires Civica’s Health Division

Torex, the UK provider of healthcare information systems, has announced that it has acquired the operating theatre management and anaesthesia
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6 August 2003

Shortlisted LSPs Notified

A further key stage in the national procurement for Integrated Care Records Services (ICRS) was reached on Friday when firms
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5 August 2003

HL7 Awards iSOFT ‘Benefactor’ Status

UK health IT applications developer iSOFT has been awarded ‘Benefactor’ status, the highest level of accreditation provided by Health Level
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