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CSC helps cut patient referral times

A new strategic patient administration system  installed at a primary care trust in North Manchester has helped to slash the time taken for new
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North Staffs prepares for big bang

University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust is getting ready to go live with patient administration and clinical systems from
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Victoria signs with Cerner

Australia’s state of Victoria has selected Cerner as its latest healthcare IT partner. The value of the deal was not
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Summary care record delayed and abridged

The content of the summary record uploaded to the spine will be cut back to include just allergy and prescription
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Connecting for Health fails to lead on Contact

NHS Connecting for Health continues to run its own local version of Microsoft Exchange rather than migrating to NHS Contact,
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CfH may hand money back to Treasury

While many NHS trusts are thought to be struggling to achieve financial balance, NHS Connecting for Health, the Department of
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CfH says it has ‘no objection’ to a review

Connecting for Health has agreed with its academic critics that "a constructive and pragmatic" independent review of the National Programme
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Ambulance trusts join map data sharing deal

Ambulance trusts in England will now have the opportunity to share geographical data with other trusts as part of a
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Scots ahead

Fiona Barr looks at how electronic summaries of GP records are already in operation in Scotland, accessible by out of
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New guidance for nurses on text messaging

The Royal College of Nursing has issued guidance on the use of text messaging services for nurses working with children
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