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14 September 2006

N3 on target for March 2007 completion

Almost 15,500 connections have been made to the national network, N3, and work is on schedule to be completed in
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3 August 2006

Staff cost savings claimed with e-rostering

The days of ward managers steeling themselves to work out staff rosters using pencils, paper and a large eraser may
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26 May 2006

US conference gets a reality check on NPfIT

Former National Programme for IT industry liaison manager, Phil Sissons, delivered a transatlantic reality check this week, exposing some of
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18 May 2006

Courage to build

A European framework for interoperability is cruical to the success of e-health across the continent, industry leaders have argued at
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11 May 2006

29 MPs back call for NPfIT review

A total of 29 MPs have so far signed a Commons motion backing calls for an independent review of the
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25 April 2006

Connecting for Health fails to lead on Contact

NHS Connecting for Health continues to run its own local version of Microsoft Exchange rather than migrating to NHS Contact,
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25 April 2006

Bedford claims savings using rostering software

Bedford Hospitals NHS Trust has predicted it could save up to £500,000 after replacing its paper-based staff rostering system for
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23 March 2006

Essex awards BT VoIP over N3 contract

Essex Strategic Health Authority has awarded a contract to BT to link up all of its healthcare organisations’ phone communications
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22 March 2006

Ambulance service reports savings through IT

  East Midlands Ambulance Service is claiming that installing a telephone assessment system and decision support tool has saved it
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7 February 2006

Texting reduces treatment times for STIs

A six-month study into the effect of text messaging in an STI clinic has revealed that sending notifications by SMS
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