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2 September 2004

EMIS users urged to protest about systems choice

The head of the EMIS National User Group (NUG) has written to all EMIS users calling on them to lobby
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25 August 2004

EMIS hits back at ‘speculation and misrepresentation’

Leading UK primary care IT supplier EMIS has issued new guidance to practices using its systems stating the firm’s long-term
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12 August 2004

National Programme sets strategy for non-LSP suppliers

The majority of current NHS clinical systems in England will be replaced in the next four years, according to new
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12 August 2004

Personal health record-keeping gets popular in US

Two in five adults in the US keep their own personal and family health records, with 13% of them keeping
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11 August 2004

Web-based dermatology system installed in Kent

Medway NHS Trust, in Kent, have installed a new internet-based teledermatology system that allows doctors in remote locations to make
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6 August 2004

ID cards: discretion will be needed on healthcare access

If national ID cards are used to control access to NHS care, doctors will need some discretion to treat people
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5 August 2004

Why Brunel would back NPfIT

Alright you anoraks, what do you know about engineering? I don't mean plugging in the odd bit of extra RAM.
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5 August 2004

The Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS)

The quality and outcomes framework (QoF) is designed to reward practices for the quality of care offered to their patients
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4 August 2004

SMS reminds patients of upcoming appointments

A new system that sends GP appointment reminders to patients over SMS which partially integrates into existing electronic appointment record
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3 August 2004

Doctors’ support for NPfIT tailing off, says survey

A new survey has revealed that doctors’ support for the aims of the national programme has fallen to 54% from
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