Safety Archives

9 October 2006

Seamless patching of voice and data information between urgent care providers and access to electronic patient records for everyone involved

22 September 2006

Ambulance services will get a new radio system, O2 Airwave, allowing them to communicate from underground in the event of

22 September 2006

GP computer supplier EMIS is to pilot GP access to patient records via a BlackBerry mobile device from next month.

14 September 2006

GP representatives have issued advice to practices considering moving to central servers, including guidance about migration of patient lists. The

7 September 2006

A group has been set up to raise awareness of patient record access nationally and internationally and increase the take-up

4 September 2006

A US software development company is conducting research to see if using a "flashing orb" on a pill box could

31 August 2006

Drug data experts First DataBank Europe have signed a new partnership with the Irish Pharmaceutical Union to provide its members

31 August 2006

A new barcode system used on surgical sponges will be trialled by the Veterans’ Administration West Los Angeles Health Care

29 August 2006

London Ambulance Service 999 emergency operators have been forced to manually write down emergency details and alert paramedics by radio,

24 August 2006

A new biometric security system combining single sign-on and fingerprint authentication will be adopted by Lewisham Primary Care Trust this

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