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Feature: Using information effectively

The Nuffield Trust and the Commission for Health Improvement have both highlighted the need for the NHS to improve its
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Disclosure: a key issue for Caldicott Guardians in 2004

The UK’s 1,000 plus Caldicott Guardians, champions for data protection in the NHS and social care, have a packed agenda
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Granger says final LSP contract will come when ‘right’

The final local service provider (LSP) contract for the South of England will be signed in the New Year, when
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Apollo partners with Microtest

Apollo Medical Systems Ltd have announced an agreement with Microtest Ltd, an IT supplier to the primary health care market,
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Gershon says NHS national programme is inherently ‘risky’

Peter Gershon, chief executive of the Treasury’s Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has described the National Programme for IT (NPfIT)
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South Tees NHS Trust buys spinal injuries record system

The North of England Regional Spinal Cord Injuries Centre at The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough, part of South Tees
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NAO Begins Review of National Programme

The National Audit Office has begun reviewing aspects of the £2.3 billion NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) after having
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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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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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Data Improvements Essential to Make GP Monitoring Work

Researchers at Imperial College London have devised a system for monitoring mortality rates which could help to alert authorities to
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