Patient safety

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23 June 2004

Combative Granger defends speed of IT reform

Richard Granger, Director General of NHS IT, has hit back at critics of his approach to implementing the national programme,
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3 June 2004

NPSA introduces intelligent incident analysis system

The National Patient Safety Agency has awarded the contract for its new analysis and content management to the Cambridge-based software
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25 May 2004

Report challenges hospital mobile ban

A new report on electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) in healthcare facilities challenges the wisdom of blanket prohibitions
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17 May 2004

GP systems need to improve safety features, says NPSA

The safety features of computing systems currently in use in about three quarters of UK general practices have clinically important
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11 May 2004

University Hospital Aintree wins pharmacy IT award

The pharmacy department at University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool has won the 2004 First DataBank Guild of Healthcare Pharmacist Information Technology
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23 April 2004

Hutton resigns as chair of clinical advisory board

Professor Peter Hutton has resigned his position as chair of the National Clinical Advisory Board of the National Programme for
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13 April 2004

US health IT leaders to rule on key standards

Health IT thought leaders in the US have taken a significant step toward advancing electronic connectivity and are on the
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11 March 2004

Statutory registration in prospect for health informatics

Statutory registration of healthcare informatics staff in four years is the target for a new voluntary regulator launched this week.
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4 March 2004

FDBE aims to cut drug dosing errors

First DataBank Europe (FDBE) has announced that it is working with the National Patient Safety Agency on a project to
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29 January 2004

EMIS dispute heats up

The dispute between EMIS and the National Programme for IT became increasingly heated this week with the EMIS National User
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