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30 July 2003

Data Improvements Essential to Make GP Monitoring Work

Researchers at Imperial College London have devised a system for monitoring mortality rates which could help to alert authorities to
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21 July 2003

Clinician Involvement Essential in IT Planning Says BMJ

The essential importance of involving frontline clinicians in the evolution of their workplace information systems is underlined this week in
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17 July 2003

Information Vital to Extending Patient Choice

Health Secretary John Reid has upped the ante on the Government’s patient choice agenda and the electronic appointment booking targets,
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16 July 2003

Dr Gwyn Thomas: The NHSIA as a Service Provider

Understanding the complex shifting relationship between the NHS Information Authority and the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS
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15 July 2003

E-prescribing Arrives for Out-of-Hours GPs

A major step towards electronic prescribing for out-of-hours (OOH) doctors in England has been taken with the launch of new
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14 July 2003

Virtual Outreach Consultations Evaluated

Virtual outreach consultations across video conference links save time and money for patients but incur greater costs for the NHS
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3 July 2003

ETP Pilots Ended for 5,000 Patients

The two remaining operational pilots for electronic transfer of prescriptions ETP are to be ended by the Department of Health
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24 June 2003

Open Source: PCTs Must Continue to Offer Choice of Systems

In the new slot for opinion and comment Dr Nilesh Jain of Torex Health takes up the question of GPs
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19 June 2003

GPC Chair Pledges Practices Will Retain Choice

Dr John Chisolm, chairman of the British Medical Association’s (BMA) General Practitioners Committee (GPC) has pledged to fight to defend
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17 June 2003

Dedicated Website Launched For OOH Modernisation

The NHS out-of-hours (OOH) modernisation programme has set up a dedicated website offering policy and technical information and news updates.
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