Choose and Book

Archive
6 December 2004

Live appointment booking cuts waiting times

The introduction of a live patient booking system has resulted in a dramatic reduction of waiting lists and missed appointments
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29 November 2004

Granger: “Fewer than 100” referrals made on ebooking

Richard Granger, Director General of the National Programme for IT, has said that the national programme remains on schedule to
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25 November 2004

GPC says key questions unresolved on Choose and Book

The General Practitioner Committee (GPC) of the British Medical Association has written to GPs advising them that it has serious
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17 November 2004

Cerner to buy private physician system supplier

Kansas-based Cerner Corp. has today announced that it has signed an agreement to buy the Medical Division of VitalWorks Inc,
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15 November 2004

Choose and Book faces potential “show stoppers”

Implementation of Choose and Book (CaB), the national electronic appointment booking service, is experiencing serious teething problems with only a
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17 October 2004

Survey finds IT consultation inadequate or non-existent

A new survey of doctors’ views of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) shows 92% of medics questioned felt that
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9 September 2004

Carrots, sticks and the NPfIT

E-Health Insider talks to the National Programme for IT's chief operations officer, Gordon Hextall about progress on Choose and Book
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12 August 2004

National Programme sets strategy for non-LSP suppliers

The majority of current NHS clinical systems in England will be replaced in the next four years, according to new
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9 July 2004

E-booking milestone reached

In an exclusive E-Health Insider has learned that the national programme for IT has successfully reached one of its key
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17 June 2004

Blair: Choose and Book historic development

Tony Blair has defended the development of the NHS’s Choose and Book programme, the new name for the new NHS
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