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NHS IT Investment Still Being Diverted

A new report by the Audit Commission concludes that more than half of all NHS trusts in England have diverted
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Two PCTs Choose Graphnet for Integrated Electronic Records

Halton primary care trust (PCT) and Warrington PCT are to develop an integrated XML-based repository of real-time patient records that
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Hammersmith & Fulham Integrate Care Electronically

Nationally, health and social services suffer from a lack of integrated IT systems. However, a few local authorities have started
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E-Booking Project Reaches Short-List

The procurement process for an NHS electronic bookings system reached a key milestone last week when bidders for the £40-50
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Basque GPs Suspended over Centralised Data Protest

Two GPs from the Basque Country in northern Spain have been suspended without pay, apparently for refusing to use a
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Healthcare IT and Devolution

The health services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were detached from the English mother ship as part of devolution.
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NHS Direct “Will More than Double” by 2006

NHS Direct is set to more than double in size, handling 16 million calls by 2006. The service is also
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HC 2003 – Pick of the Product and Service News

Healthcare Computing is a traditional launch pad for healthcare IT products and services and the industry did not disappoint this
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First Anniversary for National IT Programme

Birthday greetings to the NHS National IT Programme! It’s 12 months since a new centrally-driven plan for transforming the NHS
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IBM and Newchurch to build ICRS demonstrator

A contract has been awarded to IBM and Newchurch to develop a prototype primary care shared clinical information service for
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