Productivity

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26 August 2004

The productivity guessing game

Introducing new IT systems should improve productivity - but how will the NHS know? Healthcare commentator, Roy Lilley, doubts whether
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4 March 2004

Parliamentary briefing paper sets out challenges for NPfIT

A new parliamentary briefing paper on the National Programme for IT has highlighted stakeholder involvement, communications, "imposing change on a
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18 June 2003

“NHS Has Not Yet Dreamed of the Things IT Can Do” – Confed Chief

The NHS Confederation annual conference opens in Glasgow next week so E-Health Insider fixed an interview with its chief executive,
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4 June 2003

IT Vital to Tackle Health Staff Shortages

A major new US health IT survey suggests that new technology has significant potential to help mitigate the serious staff
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22 January 2003

Trusts Must Not Stop Local IT Investment – Lord Hunt

NHS trusts must put sustained local investment into their IT to complement investment from the National IT Programme, health minister
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20 November 2002

Blair Pledges NHS Broadband Access

Tony Blair has pledged £6bn of public money to deliver high-speed internet access to every school and doctor’s surgery by
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15 July 2002

VHA Signs Agreement with IBM

VHA Inc., a leading US network of community-owned health care systems and physicians, has signed an agreement with IBM to
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11 July 2002

NHS Direct Needs Greater Focus

A new Public Accounts Committee report on the NHS Direct telephone information service says that callers are currently waiting too
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18 April 2002

Health IT Leaders Welcome Wanless

From being strictly a minority interest healthcare Information and Communication technology (ICT) has suddenly moved to centre stage in British
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17 April 2002

NHS Needs To Double IT Spending – Wanless

A doubling of spending on information and communication technology will be needed to fund ambitious targets set out in the
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