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Somerset EPR “commended” by Healthcare Commission

The Healthcare Commission has praised Somerset Partnership NHS & Social Care Trust for its implementation of an electronic patient record,
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Ex-NHSIA chief comes home again to Wales

Gwyn Thomas, former chief executive of the now-defunct NHS Information Authority, is the new Director of the NHS Wales Informing
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Shedding light

E-Health Insider looks at documents released by NPfIT under FOI and describes how you can also make a request.
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Limited public access to cardiac surgery data agreed

The Central Cardiac Audit Database is to have a public portal allowing access to selected cardiac surgery mortality data. The
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Patient records on spine to be accessed via PDA

Oracle, who are providing infrastructure for the NPfIT for the NHS data spine, have signed a partnership deal with Medify
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Pathfinder on the track of IT assets

A solution designed to help hospital and primary care trusts identify and maintain records of their technology assets has been
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City and Hackney shares patient data securely

City and Hackney Teaching PCT in Central London has installed comprehensive security software which, it is hoped, will improve security
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The loneliness of being first

The IT industry has a phrase for being at the front of the queue for any complex new technology: being
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Electronic mental health record system goes live in Wirral

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust has just implemented an electronic patient record system from local company Strand Technology. The
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New Darlington walk-in centre uses EHR

A new nurse-led walk-in centre to treat minor ailments in the North-East of England is to be based around sharable
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