Public health

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15 May 2006

European public health portal launched

A multi-lingual pan-European Public Health Portal  has been launched that will provide a gateway to simple and reliable health information
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20 April 2006

Companies gear up for interoperability marathon

Two hundred and fifty representatives of seventy healthcare IT companies will gather in Barcelona next week for the 6th annual
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28 March 2006

PHCSG urges ‘extreme caution’ on QoF data use

White paper proposals to use Quality and Outcomes Framework data to make commissioning decisions should only be followed with extreme
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14 March 2006

Dr Foster offers data on repeat admissions

 Medical data firm Dr Foster intelligence is offering PCTs a web-based tool that can identify patients and conditions with high
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20 February 2006

MHRA implements adverse drug reaction software

The government’s medicines safety agency has implemented new software to improve management of adverse drug reaction (ADR) data reported by
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17 January 2006

PCT reorganisation unsettles IT community

The NHS IT community has echoed the House of Commons health select committee’s criticism of the government’s latest reorganisation of PCTs, expressing unease
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13 December 2005

Training on the go

Dr Neil Bacon, founder of Doctors.net.uk, on the benefits of online training and how a programme funded by the HPA
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12 December 2005

Whole NHS budget under the microscope

Reports today suggest that the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) will be included in a review of all health budgets
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6 December 2005

Scottish pharmacists receive extra IT funding

Pharmacists in Scotland are to receive £500 in the latest round of IT funding to prepare for the launch of
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15 November 2005

Txts 2 help U quit

Text messages, e-mail and telephone support are to be made available from the NHS to help smokers quit. The new digital approach to
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