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IMS Health wins IC indicators contract

US-based healthcare intelligence company IMS Health has been chosen to produce clinical indicators for the NHS Choices website, taking over
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Sites link up for mental health ratings

The patient feedback site Patient Opinion has linked up with NHS Choices to enable patients to comment online on mental
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Brown promises to unlock NHS data

Gordon Brown has promised to “radically open up data and public information.” Launching the ‘Putting the frontline first: smarter government’
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Kelsey – info should be compulsory

GPs and all other NHS providers should be mandated to publish routine, standardised data on their outcomes, according to the
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King’s Fund: choice yet to drive quality

The government’s choice policy has yet to be fully implemented and has yet to drive quality in the NHS, a
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Great Lego in the waiting room

Patients have rated more than one in four GP practices on the Department of Health’s controversial scorecard for surgeries since
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GP ratings site criticised by rival

The GP practice rating service launched by NHS Choices received 1,600 comments in its first 24 hours of operation, according
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DH launches hospital comparison site

The Department of Health has launched a new comparison element to the NHS Choices website, which allows patients to compare
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Babylifecheck site launched

The Department of Health has launched an interactive website offering advice and information to parents of babies as part of
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KPMG to provide digital strategy for NHS

The Department of Health has commissioned management consultants KPMG to report on a vision for a digital strategy for the
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