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8 November 2005

IT vital for sustainable health systems, says PwC

Healthcare systems will need a ‘digital backbone’ to remain sustainable in the face of increasing demand, rising costs, uneven quality
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7 November 2005

Lessons for NPfIT from ‘wild ride’ to US failure

A study of the ‘wild ride’ towards a failed implementation of a new electronic medical record system found a ‘transient
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3 November 2005

NHS trusts save £4.5m on IT through e-commerce

A group of NHS trusts have predicted that they will savings of nearly 30%  on IT hardware by using an
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24 October 2005

Primis wins NHS data quality contract

Primis, the primary care data quality service, has won a four year contract with Connecting for Health to work with
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4 October 2005

Online tool to promote NHS infection awareness

An online training tool to help all NHS staff understand infection control and make hospitals cleaner has been launched by
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27 September 2005

Every PCT to miss Choose and Book target

The Department of Health (DH) has admitted that not a single primary care trust in England is likely to be
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23 September 2005

NHS chief executive calls for investment in IT

NHS chief executive Nigel Crisp has called on trusts to make greater use of shared back office functions such as
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22 September 2005

CfH could face a £10 billion funding gap

 A new consultation paper produced by an influential health computing industry group has raised concerns about the medium-term funding of
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16 September 2005

West Midland Ambulance Service upgrades network

West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has implemented a fully managed private network from Telewest Business, which for the first time
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15 September 2005

Looking abroad

Sinead Quinn, healthcare programme manager at Intellect outlines some international opportunities for UK healthcare businesses in English-speaking countries.
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