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4 July 2003

PDAs or Tablet PCs? – The debate continues…

Last week Dr Andrew Harrison wrote about his experience of using a Tablet PC on the wards – The Tablet
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3 July 2003

Granger Tells NHS Boards to Take on IT

A sign of the times was provided last week when it was standing room only at the NHS Confederation’s annual
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3 July 2003

ETP Pilots Ended for 5,000 Patients

The two remaining operational pilots for electronic transfer of prescriptions ETP are to be ended by the Department of Health
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3 July 2003

Open Source: Tablet PCs Wrong for Doctors – Steve Garrington, CEO Torex Health

Last week hospital doctor, Andrew Harrison, shared his experience of testing a Tablet PC on the wards. Steve Garrington, chief
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1 July 2003

Medical Technology Aids Search for Queen Nefertiti

Medical imaging experts from Xograph Imaging Systems helped the Discovery Channel and a team of Egyptologists to take digital x-ray
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30 June 2003

Thames Valley ICRS Collaborative PFI Procurement Suspended

The Thames Valley Integrated Care Records Services (ICRS) collaborative procurement has become the latest high-profile NHS electronic records project to
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24 June 2003

IT Impact Likely To Be Greater Than Foundation Status?

The NHS IT strategy is likely to have a greater effect on the service over the next five years than
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24 June 2003

Open Source: PCTs Must Continue to Offer Choice of Systems

In the new slot for opinion and comment Dr Nilesh Jain of Torex Health takes up the question of GPs
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23 June 2003

The Tablet PC on Test

Hospital doctor and former computer programmer, Andrew Harrison, has been testing a Tablet PC on the wards with some interesting
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20 June 2003

Safety Gains Available from IT

IT can substantially improve the safety of medical care but few of the technologies likely to achieve this are implemented,
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