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North Yorks chooses Liquidlogic for children’s system

Social care staff at North Yorkshire County Council, one of the biggest local authorities in the country, are to install
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IT underpins development of NHS Direct

NHS Direct is banking on new technology to help deliver better services and cope with record levels of demand, Joe
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It’s all about access

David Baker, MD of Clinical Solutions, tells Jon Hoeksma, that his company's strategy is based on providing the means to
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DH denies report that NPfIT is to be shelved

Suggestions in a weekend newspaper that the NHS is to shelve the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) have been strongly
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Summary Care Record now caters for cautious patients

Members of the public who don’t think they want their summary care record shared but would still like to keep
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Bury PCT becomes second site for summary care records

More than 20 GP practices from Bury Primary Care Trust (PCT) have become the second early adopter site for the
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Nottingham telehealth pilot underway

Nottingham City Primary Care Trust has begun piloting a new telehealth scheme to help patients with long term conditions monitor
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iSoft announces legal proceedings against CSC

UK Health software supplier iSoft has announced that it will launch legal proceedings against its key NHS National programme for
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Shared records aid cuts in outpatient visits

Electronic consultations by secondary care clinicians with access to shared care records can save up to 70% of outpatient appointments,
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Paper records a ‘direct factor’ in patient’s death

An independent inquiry into the death of a patient seen by eight different doctors over a bank holiday weekend has
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