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24 September 2007

NHS Breast Screening Programme consolidates systems

The NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) has replaced four different systems it previously used with a single National Breast Screening
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14 September 2007

Confusion surrounds Summary Care Record

Indecision about the Summary Care Record has led to confusion about its content and purpose, according to a report from MPs. The
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11 September 2007

Microsoft launches CUI internationally

Microsoft has today launched its health Common User Interface (CUI), designed to help improve patient safety and the efficiency of
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10 September 2007

Lewisham cuts missed appointments with SMS

Lewisham PCT has reduced the number of missed appointments in 16 practices by 27% by using text message appointment reminders
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5 September 2007

Major overhaul for Addenbrooke’s theatre system

Addenbrooke’s Hospital is upgrade its TheatreMan theatre management system to improve both the day-to-day information available to clinicians and longer
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31 August 2007

UCLH deploys 18 week RTT solution

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has deployed a new system from LogicaCMG to support compliance with the government’s
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30 August 2007

Report highlights NPfIT’s ‘impressive milestones’

‘Impressive milestones in the implementation of the National Programme for IT’ have been highlighted as one of the major achievements
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24 August 2007

BNF for mobile devices launched

Britain’s best-known medicines guide, the British National Formulary, is now available especially configured to be used on a range of
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22 August 2007

Patients need assurance on online health records

Patients need to be convinced that electronic personal health records (ePHRs) are safe and will benefit them, a group of
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8 August 2007

Mid-Staffs gets iCM after five year wait

Mid-Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust has begun piloting iSoft’s iCM clinical management system on two wards, five years after they
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