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New report sets out need for e-prescribing

A new report from the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer on the causes of medicines safety has spelt out the critical role
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PASA chief pledges co-operation on bar codes

Chief executive of the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA), Duncan Eaton, has formally pledged to work with supply chain
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Primary care IT Manhattan style

Andrew Harrison, whose career change took him from computer programming to hospital medicine, continues his occasional series with some notes
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Placing XML at the Heart of Hospital Trust’s IM&T Strategy

Following E-Health Insider s XML in health feature two week s ago, Philip Firth, IM&T Strategy Implementation Manager at Wrightington,
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Good Hope Hospital Buys Oasis PAS

Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust has signed a contract with Siemens Healthcare Services to provide it with a new Patient
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The NHS and the IT Industry: Over to You (part 2)

Last week, E-Health Insider published a round-up of comments from readers on the apparent new hard line on suppliers being
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The 12 Days of Christmas IT

Thanks to everyone who entered our Christmas wish list competition. Phil Graham, head of information management and technology at Blackpool,
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ComMedica Claims First in Use of SNOMED CT

EPR systems vendor, ComMedica, this week claimed a UK “first” by announcing that it had incorporated SNOMED Clinical Terms (CT)
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SNOMED Adds Nursing Terms

  The American College of Pathologists has signed an agreement to integrate detailed nursing interventions and outcomes classifications into the
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SNOMED International Introduces Clinical Terms First Release

SNOMED has announced the launch of SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED(R) CT) First Release, the clinical coding terminology that the NHS has
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