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22 May 2003

Hammersmith & Fulham Integrate Care Electronically

Nationally, health and social services suffer from a lack of integrated IT systems. However, a few local authorities have started
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21 May 2003

Open Source: ‘A Frenzy of Consolidation?’

This week E-Health Insider launches a new ‘Open Source’ column for anyone interested in healthcare IT to voice their opinion.
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20 May 2003

Final Long-List for National Programme Reached

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS has reached the latest milestone in the procurement process for Local
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20 May 2003

South West Collaborative EPR Procurements Ended

A series of collaborative NHS IT procurement projects for electronic patient record (EPR) systems in the South West had the
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19 May 2003

E-Booking Project Reaches Short-List

The procurement process for an NHS electronic bookings system reached a key milestone last week when bidders for the £40-50
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15 May 2003

Electronic Social Care Record To Be Phased

The December 2004 target for implementing full electronic social care records (ESCR) is not achievable and the roll-out is now
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14 May 2003

Poor IT Placing Patients at Risk Junior Doctors Warn

Improved communications systems that reflect the radically changed working practices in hospitals are vital to guarantee patient safety, a new
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14 May 2003

NHS to Introduce Own Gateway Reviews

The Department of Health is to introduce its own Gateway Review process to examine major NHS IT and building projects,
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12 May 2003

Torex Buys Obs & Gynae Systems Specialist

Torex continued its march along the acquisition trail with the purchase of Protos Limited, the UK’s dominant provider of obstetric
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8 May 2003

Basque GPs Suspended over Centralised Data Protest

Two GPs from the Basque Country in northern Spain have been suspended without pay, apparently for refusing to use a
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