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16 November 2004

New QOF software to hide data, but not for all GPs

NPfIT has developed software that automatically anonymises GP electronic patient records for audit by primary care organisations under the Quality
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19 August 2004

Getting ready for the leap forward

With the National Programme for IT now geared up for delivery, Paul Charnley, regional implementation director for the North West
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16 August 2004

New alliance could be US e-prescribing’s cup of tea

A group of IT companies involved in providing healthcare solutions have started up Café Rx, an open alliance devoted to
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10 August 2004

Gartner awarded market intelligence contract

The National Programme for IT has awarded a one-year £154,000 contract to IT analysts Gartner to provide it with market
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11 May 2004

University Hospital Aintree wins pharmacy IT award

The pharmacy department at University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool has won the 2004 First DataBank Guild of Healthcare Pharmacist Information Technology
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21 April 2004

IT projects fail because best practice not applied

Billions of pounds are wasted every year on new IT systems, with only 16% that can be considered a true
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18 March 2004

CHI delivers “must do better” verdict on information use

Acute trusts need to improve the collection and use of good quality information, according to the Commission for Health Improvement
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16 March 2004

Agency due to lead NHS IT change management scrapped

The Government is to scrap the NHS Modernisation Agency (MA), the agency charged with delivering the change management programme that
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4 March 2004

Parliamentary briefing paper sets out challenges for NPfIT

A new parliamentary briefing paper on the National Programme for IT has highlighted stakeholder involvement, communications, "imposing change on a
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18 February 2004

Technology strategy needed for all pathology networks

A new Department of Health policy for modernising pathology services says all managed pathology networks need to have a formal
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