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ETP might have blocked Shipman, inquiry says

Electronic transfer of prescriptions (ETP) could have stopped Dr Shipman from prescribing controlled drugs for so long without anybody noticing,
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E-booking milestone reached

In an exclusive E-Health Insider has learned that the national programme for IT has successfully reached one of its key
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Doctors to vote on national patient record system consent

Doctors attending next week’s British Medical Association Local Medical Committee conference are to vote on whether patients’ records should be
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BT to compensate NPfIT for missed N3 targets

BT has been asked to pay the NHS damages for missing two targets in the delivery of its N3 broadband
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National programme caught in spinal trap

With less than four weeks to go to the first scheduled release from the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), highly
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Doubts raised over first NPfIT delivery deadlines

The leak of a confidential BT document, highlighting “material contractual issues", has raised concerns that the first June delivery dates
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Joint guidance issued on GP system choice

Definitive guidance on the issue of choice of practice systems has been issued which makes it plain that practices should not be
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Communications boss appointed by national programme

The National Programme for IT finally has a communications director, after an on-off-on search that began early last year. The
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EMIS predicts signing deals with three LSPs

Primary care systems supplier EMIS has said that is confident that EMIS products and services will be available “working via
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Health Language to help NPfIT avoid ‘Tower of Babel’

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has signed a deal with Health Language Inc., to provide its Language Engine (LE)
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