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South Manchester switches on PAS from CSC

The University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Trust has announced that it has gone live across the organisation with a
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iPod access to health records launched in US

New software called HealthFrame 2.1 has been launched in the US allowing patients to access their personal health records using an
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BCS calls for complete overhaul of NHS IT project

A new report from the British Computer Society has called for a fundamental rethink of the NHS IT programme, including
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RCGP urges ‘universal and rapid’ SNOMED deployment

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has written to NHS IT director general Richard Granger calling for the "universal
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Concern over slow progress in acute sector

A board paper written for the largest NHS trust in England says that its region of the National Programme for
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Health select committee to investigate NPfIT

An inquiry into the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) will be held by the House of Commons’ health select committee,
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Disk imaging for largest NI community trust

The largest community trust in Northern Ireland, Homefirst Community Health and Social Services Trust, has installed the Universal Imaging Utility
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Informatics studentship available at Kingston

Kingston University is currently offering PhD studentships in a number of research projects in health computing and informatics subjects available
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DH carrying out ‘confidential’ review of CfH

E-Health Insider has learned that an urgent ‘confidential’ review of the NHS IT programme and structure of Connecting for Health,
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SNOMED set 31 December deadline for new SDO

Plans to create a SNOMED CT Standards Development Organisation by the end of the year have taken a step forward
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