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14 January 2003

AAFP Explores Open-Source EHR

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is considering developing and selling low-cost "open-source" electronic medical records (EMR) software to
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2 January 2003

GP Poll Shows High Awareness of Broadband

81% of English GPs claim awareness of broadband, but they are less knowledgeable about its applications and sceptical about its
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3 December 2002

Lost Records Steal Doctors’ Time for Patients

Medical consulting time with patients at a London outpatient clinic fell between 1988 and 2001 with lost records accounting for
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26 November 2002

ComMedica Wins European Innovation Award

Innovative UK-based health IT firm ComMedica’s PIRILIS clinical information software has won the ‘best software Innovation’ category at the European
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26 November 2002

Radiometer Launches Blood Gas Website

Danish medical equipment firm, Radiometer AG, have announced the launch of the first website to focus exclusively on blood gas
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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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30 October 2002

NHS ‘Numbers for Babies’ Goes Live

A new computerised ‘numbers for babies’ system went live across the NHS at midnight on 29 October, marking a significant
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14 October 2002

Live Testing of NHS Electronic Staff Records Begins

The live testing of a new national pay and personnel system for the, was launched on Friday at University Hospital
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10 October 2002

Combined Government Gateway Review Due for IT Programme

The National NHS IT Programme is scheduled to be submitted to a combined Government Gateway review by the end of
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10 October 2002

Planning Blight Accusation For IT Programme

Over 300 IT suppliers and would-be suppliers to the NHS packed the QE2 Conference Centre in London last week for
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