Prescribing

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8 January 2007

New oncology system goes live at Arden Cancer Centre

A new oncology-specific, image-enabled electronic medical record system has gone live in the Arden Cancer Centre, part of the University
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27 November 2006

More delays likely in PAS rollout, says Granger

A combination of the NHS’s financial troubles and problems with software, means that the installation of new patient administration systems
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24 November 2006

Ascribe trials medicine management in Manchester

A new electronic medicines management solution, developed by software provider Ascribe, is being trialled at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. The
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14 November 2006

Winchester first on second generation e-prescribing

Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has become the first UK trust to install a second generation Electronic Prescribing and
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31 October 2006

Online care pathways for cancer developed

The NHS Cancer Services Collaborative ‘Improvement Partnership’ (CSCIP) has developed a national electronic information pathway designed to point cancer patients
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26 October 2006

Newcastle looks outside CfH for maternity

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone out to tender for a new maternity system and key elements of a
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20 September 2006

SMS alerts for prescriptions launched

Irish pharmaceutical software company, Systems Solutions Limited, has incorporated SMS text messages, e-mails and direct mail functionality into its QicScript
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18 September 2006

GP wins award for patient record access initiative

Dr Amir Hannan has been awarded this year’s John Perry prize at the British Computer Society’s Primary Healthcare Specialist Group
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21 August 2006

NI to link barcodes on prescriptions to EPRs

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland has announced it has signed a £6.8m contract
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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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