Surgery

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5 March 2009

NPSA Never Events policy welcomed

A company making IT systems to prevent wrong-site surgery has welcomed the launch of a national patient safety policy focusing
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13 February 2009

Hospital uses Twitter for live surgery updates

Micro-blogging service Twitter has been used by US surgeons to provide real-time updates on a live robot-assisted surgical procedure.
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10 February 2009

First day of the PROMs

The Department of Health has issued instructions to the NHS on the action that needs to be taken to deliver
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5 February 2009

iPlato supports Southwark MMR drive

GP surgeries in Southwark Primary Care trust are using iPlato text messaging to invite patients for MMR jabs and to
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19 January 2009

Heartlands rolls out JAC e-prescribing system

Birmingham’s Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has started to roll out a JAC e-prescribing system across all three of
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15 January 2009

Barts virus caused ‘major internal incident’

Last November’s Mytob worm attack on the network of Barts and the London NHS Trust led to its ‘major internal incident’
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18 December 2008

E-Health Insider’s industry round up 18.12.2008

This month’s E-Health Insider industry round covers system deployments, agreements, new products, appointments and other changes at leading healthcare IT
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10 December 2008

Insider view: Jon Hoeksma

E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma on the Operating Framework and the future of the National Programme.
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19 November 2008

Left to their own devices?

An E-Health Insider survey has revealed a mixed picture on mobile device security. Stephen Pritchard reports.
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18 November 2008

BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008: the finalists

All the finalists in this year’s awards, along with a description of their projects.
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