Efficiency

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2 January 2004

E-prescribing gets underway at Countess of Chester

A successful pilot for FileTek UK’s Meditech electronic prescribing (EP) system at the Countess of Chester Hospital, Cheshire, has opened
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23 December 2003

Granger says final LSP contract will come when ‘right’

The final local service provider (LSP) contract for the South of England will be signed in the New Year, when
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3 December 2003

Technology can reduce or create medication errors

  Technology has the potential both to reduce and to create new types of medication errors – and should be
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27 October 2003

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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4 August 2003

US Institute Publishes Core Capabilities for EHRs

In a new report the independent Institute of Medicine (IOM), part of the US National Academies, has published a set
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29 July 2003

Relief Online for Mental Health Problems

Patients in a trust in north west England will soon be able to try out a new set multimedia programs
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4 June 2003

IT Vital to Tackle Health Staff Shortages

A major new US health IT survey suggests that new technology has significant potential to help mitigate the serious staff
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23 April 2003

Joining Up Is Hard To Do

Technology has an important role to play in the realising the ideal of “joined up” public services, but progress has
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5 February 2003

Kaiser Permanente Aims for E-Health within Three Years

Kaiser Permanente, the second biggest integrated health delivery organisation in the US, has announced that it will invest $1.8 billion
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12 December 2002

Leeds Leads on E-Commerce

Examples of e-commerce working in NHS purchasing ands supplies were showcased at a conference hosted by Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
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