Quality

Archive
27 October 2003

Primary care IT Manhattan style

Andrew Harrison, whose career change took him from computer programming to hospital medicine, continues his occasional series with some notes
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23 October 2003

No rational reason to make N3 a closed system

NHS IT director-general Richard Granger says there will be adequate controls on information passing over the new NHS network but
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22 October 2003

Open Source: IT + GP Contract = Heady Cocktail

Roy Lilley, independent health policy analyst and author of “The New GP Contract – How to Make the Most of
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21 October 2003

Patient First Alliance no longer in National Programme

With barely a month to go before the first Local Service Provider (LSP) contracts are awarded Patient First Alliance (PFA)
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16 October 2003

NHSmail take-up minimal so far

One year on from award of a £90m contract with Electronic Data Systems (EDS), and six months after its launch
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11 September 2003

ICRS Targets “Won’t Be Reached”

A pessimistic view of the chances of hitting targets for getting the Integrated Care Record Service (ICRS) up and running
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10 September 2003

Torex Acquires Australian Supplier of Clinical Trauma Systems

Torex PLC has announced that it is to acquire Australian specialist health IT supplier HAS Solutions Pty Ltd. (HASS), a supplier
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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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14 August 2003

XML Special Focus: Supporting Clinical Governance

Support for clinical audit and improved clinical governance is one of the great advances promised by electronic medical record systems
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13 August 2003

Major Study of Healthcare IT Benefits Announced

A leading US policy think tank is to conduct a study to determine how much patient care could improve and
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