Choice

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27 October 2006

Choice questions dropped in survey dispute

Questions for patients on the choice element of the Choose and Book incentive scheme have been dropped from a national
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26 October 2006

Border control

Neil Versel finds out what barriers still need to be overcome before electronic health record sharing becomes common between European
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24 October 2006

Change in stance on migration costs for GP systems

NHS Connecting for Health has agreed to provide a fixed contribution to cover the migration costs for GP practices moving
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24 October 2006

On the road

EHIPC talks to GP clinical lead Professor Mike Pringle about how CfH will use its new national GP engagement workshops.
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20 October 2006

One millionth Choose and Book referral reached

Health minister Lord Warner today announced that one million referrals to specialist care have been made through the Choose and
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20 October 2006

Use technology more for home care, says report

A report looking at the amount of time professional carers should give to patients with long term conditions has encouraged trusts
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16 October 2006

Europe’s citizens must be engaged on e-health

Efforts to increase the levels of ICT in healthcare will not succeed if average citizens are not involved in discourse about
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12 October 2006

Healthcare Commission’s website opens up all NHS data

The Healthcare Commission is today launching a website to give NHS patients and the public access to its entire database
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9 October 2006

Intellect to launch telemedicine group

UK IT trade body Intellect has told E-Health Insider that it plans to start a dedicated telehealth group, following its
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5 October 2006

Granger says he wants ‘catalogue’ of additional suppliers

The boss of the NHS IT agency Connecting for Health (CfH) has said that he intends to create a catalogue
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