Prescribing

Archive
20 August 2003

Better Information Needed for Sexual Health Services

Services struggling to cope with Britain’s deteriorating sexual health could be helped by a new approach to performance management underpinned
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15 July 2003

E-prescribing Arrives for Out-of-Hours GPs

A major step towards electronic prescribing for out-of-hours (OOH) doctors in England has been taken with the launch of new
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4 July 2003

PDAs or Tablet PCs? – The debate continues…

Last week Dr Andrew Harrison wrote about his experience of using a Tablet PC on the wards – The Tablet
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8 May 2003

Survey Makes “Compelling Case” for Electronic Records

Findings from an international survey highlighting problems with quality of care and wasted resources make a “compelling case” for electronic
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9 January 2003

US Physicians Sceptical IT Can Cut Medical Errors

A new US study has highlighted a major gap between the strategies recommended by medical error experts to reduce errors,
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19 December 2002

The 12 Days of Christmas IT

Thanks to everyone who entered our Christmas wish list competition. Phil Graham, head of information management and technology at Blackpool,
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19 December 2002

Multilex Announces Enhanced Sensitivity Checking

First DataBank Europe , the provider of point-of-care databases has launched Enhanced Sensitivity Checking as a new feature of its
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21 November 2002

Questions in the House About DG Role

Mark Todd, Labour MP and a former IT director, has told E-Health Insider that he believes the current management structure
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21 November 2002

Poole Wins HSJ Technology Award

Poole Hospital NHS Trust has won a Health Service Journal management award in the category for improving care with e-technology.
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12 November 2002

Ayr Hospital Uses Tablets for Prescribing

Ayrshire and Arran Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is leading the development of hospital e-prescribing in the Scottish NHS. One of
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