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30 October 2002

Computerised Guidelines Show No Effect on Asthma and Angina Management

Computerised, evidence-based guidelines showed no effect on the management of adult asthma and angina patients in primary care, according to
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30 October 2002

NHS ‘Numbers for Babies’ Goes Live

A new computerised ‘numbers for babies’ system went live across the NHS at midnight on 29 October, marking a significant
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25 October 2002

IT Procurement Strategy Promised By December

The government plans to publish the full version of its procurement strategy for the NHS IT programme by December 2002,
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24 October 2002

ComMedica Claims First in Use of SNOMED CT

EPR systems vendor, ComMedica, this week claimed a UK “first” by announcing that it had incorporated SNOMED Clinical Terms (CT)
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24 October 2002

Patients Want to Interact with Doctors Online

A survey of European internet users found that 50% said they want to be able to email their doctor, schedule
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23 October 2002

SureScript Completes E-Prescribing Agreements

SureScript Systems has completed a series of agreements to introduce a common electronic prescribing system that will cover most US drug
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22 October 2002

Bangladeshi E-Health Network Announced

An ambitious e-health programme is being introduced in one of the world’s poorest countries to help rural doctors get online
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21 October 2002

IT Competence Rising in the NHS

Rising levels of basic IT competence are recorded in 2002 National Health Informatics Competency Survey – but the NHSIA has
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17 October 2002

US Healthcare Slow to Adopt IT

“The most dangerous instrument in medicine is the fountain pen,” according to group president of McKesson, Duncan James, interviewed in
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17 October 2002

All-Wales Approach Proposed for Electronic Records

The long-awaited strategy for health information in Wales proposes a corporate, all-Wales approach to the development of electronic records and
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