Patient safety

Archive
29 December 2003

Disclosure: a key issue for Caldicott Guardians in 2004

The UK’s 1,000 plus Caldicott Guardians, champions for data protection in the NHS and social care, have a packed agenda
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24 November 2003

National US health information infrastructure called for

 The influential Institute of Medicine (IOM) has published a new report calling on the US Government to create national data
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23 October 2003

Fears of patient abuse of e-mail not realised

Doctors’ fears that an e-mail consultation service would be abused turned out to be unfounded, the International e-Health Association Conference
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24 September 2003

US Medical Insurance Group to Subsidise PDA Software

A US physician liability insurance organisation, MedAmerica Mutual Risk Retention Group, is to offer its members a subsidy towards the
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14 August 2003

XML Special Focus: Supporting Clinical Governance

Support for clinical audit and improved clinical governance is one of the great advances promised by electronic medical record systems
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4 August 2003

US Institute Publishes Core Capabilities for EHRs

In a new report the independent Institute of Medicine (IOM), part of the US National Academies, has published a set
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16 April 2003

National Programme Names LSP and NASP Candidates

The National Programme for IT in the NHS has announced a “longlist” of 31 individual firms and consortia who have
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1 April 2003

HC 2003 – Pick of the Product and Service News

Healthcare Computing is a traditional launch pad for healthcare IT products and services and the industry did not disappoint this
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24 January 2003

Cedars-Sinai Suspends Use of New Clinical IT System

Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles, the largest private hospital in the Western US, has suspended use of a prestige
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1 May 2002

Leapfrog Group Extends Reach

The Leapfrog Group, an alliance of US healthcare organisations dedicated to reducing avoidable medical mistakes through introducing technology and best
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