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CfH pulls Health Informatics Community website

NHS Connecting for Health has taken down its Health Informatics Community website following the revelation that personal details of conference
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FOI victory on report that led to axing of NHSu

Nurse educator and health informatician, Rod Ward, has won the right under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act to see
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Patient access to records ‘can bring benefits to PCTs’

Patient access to records can help primary care trusts meet their fitness for purpose targets, the Healthcare Computing conference heard.
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Dr Glyn Hayes receives lifetime achievement award

GP, Dr Glyn Hayes has been awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Health Informatics Forum of the British Computer
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Call to use more everyday technology in health

Healthcare should embrace everyday technologies and challenge clinical boundaries by using them, a senior academic told the Healthcare Computing conference
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NPfIT ‘needs re-evaluating to be a success’

Connecting for Health must look at three key things – scalability, complexity and availability if the National Programme for Information
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Calderdale and Huddersfield extends home grown PAS

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has extended its existing home grown patient administration system (PAS) from one site to
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Sherwood Forest roll-out wireless voice badges

Staff at the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are set to benefit from new wireless voice badges, allowing them
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NAO criticises Ā£12m Dr Foster Intelligence deal

The National Audit Office has criticised the Information Centre for striking a £12m deal without going out to tender to create Dr
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Derbyshire GPs say information poor on system choice

GPs in Derbyshire whose practices have switched to the GP clinical system TPP offered by their local service provider (LSP)
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