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Guy’s and St Thomas’ chief calls for flexibility in NPfIT

The case for introducing more flexibility into the National Programme for IT was set out this week by the chief
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CfH announces new nursing clinical lead

NHS Connecting for Health has appointed Susan Osborne, director of nursing services at St Mary’s NHS Trust, London, as its
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NHS Direct proposes online social care wiki

NHS Direct could soon be setting up an online social care ‘wiki’ that would allow patients to learn from one
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Every PCT to miss Choose and Book target

The Department of Health (DH) has admitted that not a single primary care trust in England is likely to be
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Consultation highlights concerns over NCRS ownership

Concerns over who will own the summary record on the spine and how the summary data will be validated are
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Emerging technologies in CfH sights

  Can RFID technology help prevent drug errors? Can patients’ bedside phone and entertainment terminals be used to give them
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National record content outlined by CfH

Information on mental health, sexual health and infections should be excluded from the initial summary record on the spine, Connecting
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Judge for yourself

Do electronic health records have any force in law? American correspondent Neil Versel reports from the TEPR conference in Salt
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Awards gallery

Photos of the winners and speakers at last week's E-Health Innovation Awards ceremony in London, organised by E-Health Insider and
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GP-to-GP transfer pilot project begins

The National Programme for IT has begun pilots of GP-to-GP record transfer between practices running EMIS and InPractice Systems, using
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