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14 September 2004

Introducing the intelligent vaccine box

A vaccines transit box that can feed back alerts when high temperatures endanger the precious cargo is expected to save money, avoid waste
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5 August 2004

The Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS)

The quality and outcomes framework (QoF) is designed to reward practices for the quality of care offered to their patients
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9 June 2004

Charing Cross introduces robotic drug dispensing

Two newly installed electronic dispensing systems at London’s Charing Cross Hospital, one of which uses robotics, are improving improving the speed and
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27 May 2004

MPs told Wales, Scotland and NI passed on NPfIT

The NHS in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales were each approached and subsequently turned down the opportunity to participate in
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12 May 2004

Scottish GPs say GPASS is failing doctors

GPs in Scotland have warned the Scottish Executive that the official Scotland-wide IT system for general practice, GPASS, is failing
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2 April 2004

Nurses in the dark on IT developments, survey reveals

UK nurses are generally positive about NHS IT developments, but over three quarters have received little or no information about
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25 February 2004

CSW to prove concept of Welsh ‘Single Record’

Oxford-based CSW Health has been awarded a contract by NHS Wales to develop a Technical Proof of Concept (TPoC) for
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11 February 2004

New report sets out need for e-prescribing

A new report from the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer on the causes of medicines safety has spelt out the critical role
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11 December 2003

Welsh NHS IT strategy launched, again

In the week that the NHS in England awarded a tranche of major IT contracts, worth £2.7 billion, Welsh Assembly
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5 November 2003

Swansea switches on integrated care records

Adults with learning disabilities in Swansea are set to become the first social services clients in Wales to benefit from
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