Nursing

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2 November 2006

Paper weight

Cardiac liaison nurse specialst Rob Harteveldt wonders at his increasing mountains of paperwork and asks why IT isn't reducing the
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31 August 2006

Smart sponges to reduce surgical accidents in US

A new barcode system used on surgical sponges will be trialled by the Veterans’ Administration West Los Angeles Health Care
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22 August 2006

Nurses ‘losing enthusiasm’ for NHS IT reform

The number of nurses across the UK who believe in the benefits of IT reform in the NHS is falling,
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4 August 2006

NHS Fife begins electronic discharge summary project

Capula Healthcare has announced that it has started a pilot project with the NHS Fife operational division to electronically record
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3 August 2006

Staff cost savings claimed with e-rostering

The days of ward managers steeling themselves to work out staff rosters using pencils, paper and a large eraser may
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25 July 2006

Universal e-prescribing recommended for US

All prescribers and pharmacies should be using e-prescriptions by 2010, US experts on drug error prevention have recommended. A report
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21 July 2006

NPfIT ‘favourability’ drops with managers

Both IM&T and general managers in the NHS appear to view the National Programme for IT less favourably than they
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5 July 2006

Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children to install Vocera

Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children is to install the Vocera hands-free wireless voice communication system. The new system, which
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30 June 2006

Lack of NPfIT involvement concerns nurses

Two leading nurses have expressed deep concern at the lack of involvement of the nursing community in the design of
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21 June 2006

City Hospitals Sunderland rolls out e-prescribing

City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out electronic prescribing throughout inpatient areas of the trust. The project required the
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