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28 July 2004

Trusts refuse to pay suppliers’ legacy upgrade costs

The National Programme for IT’s policy on legacy systems is causing confusion among trusts and suppliers over who should pay
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21 July 2004

NPfIT enlists help with IT industry communication

The NHS National Programme for IT has recruited external help to improve communication with its IT suppliers by awarding a contract
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20 July 2004

MRSA reporting to be improved by electronic lab link

Long-standing data quality problems with recorded occurrences of MRSA may be improved by the introduction of electronic incident reporting systems in
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14 July 2004

EMIS rolls out web-based GP appointment booking

EMIS have nationally launched their own online appointment booking service, EMIS Access, which allows patients to send secure messages or
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12 July 2004

More information about Read Codes demise released

The NHS Information Authority (NHSIA) have revealed more details to E-Health Insider about the abolition of Read Codes in favour of SNOMED
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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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8 July 2004

Private sector to help IT innovation in new scheme

An initiative launched by the DH yesterday aims to encourage the sharing of innovative ideas between individual NHS organisations in England, with
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6 July 2004

NPfIT nominated for Big Brother award

The National Programme for IT has been nominated for the “Most Appalling Project" in Privacy International’s UK Big Brother 2004 awards
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6 July 2004

Patients need access to electronic records, say academics

Patients can and should have access to their electronic health records, in order to keep them up-to-date and accurate, a
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2 July 2004

Support for Read Codes to end in 18 months

The NHS Terminology Service has announced that the maintenance of Read Codes is to end on 31st December, 2005, to
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