EPR

Archive
14 March 2002

Government Urged to be Patient on Patient Records

The Government should accept that the 2005 target for electronic patient records will be missed and not be panicked into
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12 March 2002

Can EPRs Save Time? Yes, But…

Tentative evidence that electronic patient records can save time has emerged from a survey of users at Poole Hospital, Dorset
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11 March 2002

Danish Province Blazes Trail on EPR

Most healthcare systems in the industrialised world are struggling to develop or implement different models of electronic patient records, with
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5 March 2002

Fife Signs up for Oasis

Fife Acute Hospitals Trust has awarded a 15-year contract for electronic patient records (EPR) to Siemens Healthcare who will be
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7 February 2002

CHI Reports Emphasise Need to Align Strategy and Operations

Three new reports by the Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) provide a series of snapshots of how NHS trusts are
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18 January 2002

Government Response to Kennedy Throws Spotlight on Information

A new Office of Information on Health Care Performance is to be set up as part of the government response
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17 January 2002

Primary Care Organisations at Crossroads on IT

New guidance on information and information systems for primary care organisations produced by the Primary Care Information Modernisation Programme (PCIMP)
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16 January 2002

Report Says NHS Likely to Miss EPR Targets

A key report published one year on from the NHS IT strategy update ‘Building the Information Core’ warns that almost
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20 December 2001

2001: The Year the Money Disappeared

The NHS has stood at the cusp in 2001, its stark failures were laid bare by the Bristol Royal Infirmary
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19 December 2001

IT Needed to Cut Drug Deaths

A new report by the Audit Commission has highlighted the need to invest in IT systems to cut the increasing
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