Decision support

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6 October 2005

Cash injection

After GE's purchase of IDX, are more medical systems companies eyeing up the healthcare IT market? Industry analyst James MacPherson
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8 August 2005

Electronic records ‘a first step’ to knowledge-based care

Electronic records are just the first step in harnessing information and communication technology to improve clinical care – the real
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4 August 2005

Wirral’s gateway to care

Pete Marsh, technical director of Wirral Health Informatics, outlines the needs and obstacles often not considered by those implementing clinical
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8 July 2005

NHS Direct may lack capacity to handle OOH calls

NHS Direct may have insufficient capacity to manage out of hours (OOH) care in the integrated fashion envisaged by the
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6 July 2005

Forrest answers NPfIT communication concerns

  Martyn Forrest, Regional Implementation Director (RID) for the North East cluster and acting RID for London, has promised to
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28 June 2005

E-health and the EU

The UK's presidency of the EU promises to be a significant one for e-health, Lyn Whitfield reports.
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16 June 2005

Better information and IT in view for kidney care

IT to support primary care staff whose work includes prevention of and treatment for kidney disease is a key component
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23 May 2005

Judge for yourself

Do electronic health records have any force in law? American correspondent Neil Versel reports from the TEPR conference in Salt
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18 April 2005

NHS Direct software may expand abroad after buyout

The firm that supplies the decision support software which forms the basis of the NHS Direct, NHS Direct Wales and
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5 April 2005

Computer use embedded in new doctors’ curriculum

The use of modern IT systems and a willingness to use and learn about new technology have been included as
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