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29 August 2006

London Ambulance computer crashes nine times

London Ambulance Service 999 emergency operators have been forced to manually write down emergency details and alert paramedics by radio,
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17 August 2006

Meet the suppliers: Ascribe

EHI talks to Stephen Critchlow, head of healthcare IT group Ascribe, about his clinical background and future plans for consolidation.
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21 July 2006

NPfIT ‘favourability’ drops with managers

Both IM&T and general managers in the NHS appear to view the National Programme for IT less favourably than they
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19 July 2006

Cayton to lead summary records taskforce

Patients’ ‘tsar’ and chair of the Care Records Development Board, Harry Cayton, will lead the taskforce set up to help
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7 June 2006

Communication problems beset 7 July response

The emergency services and the London Ambulance Service in particular need to review its communication strategies and equipment in order
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21 April 2006

Ambulance trusts join map data sharing deal

Ambulance trusts in England will now have the opportunity to share geographical data with other trusts as part of a
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17 April 2006

Scots ahead

Fiona Barr looks at how electronic summaries of GP records are already in operation in Scotland, accessible by out of
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22 March 2006

Ambulance service reports savings through IT

  East Midlands Ambulance Service is claiming that installing a telephone assessment system and decision support tool has saved it
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8 November 2005

Digital geographic information deal puts NHS on the map

More than 600 NHS organisations in England are to gain direct access to the Ordnance Survey’s most detailed digital geographic
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3 November 2005

IT has critical role in patient safety, says watchdog

 Public service watchdog, the National Audit Office, has underlined the key role IT should play in improving patient safety not
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