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Public-private venture ‘to improve access’ to info

Dr Foster, a commercial provider of healthcare information, and the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre have formed a
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NHS CfH says spine now fixed

NHS Connecting for Health, the DH agency responsible for delivery of the NHS National Programme for IT, has issued a
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DH launches cosmetic surgery info site

The DH have launched a new section of their site designed to offer advice and information to patients considering cosmetic
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AxSys wins major Scottish system contract

 AxSys Technologies has been named as the successful bidder in NHSScotland’s national generic clinical system (GCS) procurement. The Clydebank-based company will deliver
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Common exception reporting standards called for

Exception reporting rates for the Quality and Outcomes Framework need to be subject to uniform standards to ensure as many
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NHS domain block causing bounced patient e-mail

E-mails to nhs.uk addresses from patients may be being blocked due to the inclusion of nhs.uk on a site used
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Newcastle opts for ChemoCare

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust has signed up for a chemotherapy prescribing solution which will operate across three sites and provide
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Making NP fit

Access to centralised records as promised by NPfIT will force a redesign of the way information is handled in the
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International standards organisation for SNOMED proposed

SNOMED International, an arm of The College of American Pathologists (CAP) and NHS Connecting for Health, the agency in charge
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Rural US hospitals trailing on IT

A survey by the American Hospital Association of nearly 1,000 community hospitals in the US has revealed that only 10%
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