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MPs call for overhaul of quality framework

9 October 2008 10:19 AM

The Department of Health should revamp the Quality and Outcomes Framework to give more weight to health outcomes and less to activity, MPs have said.

DH invests £11m in dental IT training

9 October 2008 9:55 AM

The DH has announced it will give an extra £11m to ten of the 11 dental teaching hospitals in England, to help fund IT systems that will support the training of dental students.

Scottish NHS gets £1m to secure USB ports

9 October 2008 12:04 AM

NHS boards across Scotland are to share £1m to help them improve their IT security, beginning with securing USB ports.

iSoft to launch RadCentre in the Netherlands

9 October 2008 12:00 AM

Health IT specialist iSoft says it will launch its RadCentre radiology information system in the Netherlands this autumn.

ASSIST says idea NHS like a bank ‘fundamentally flawed’

8 October 2008 12:12 PM

NHS informatics professional body ASSIST has published a paper saying the original NHS National Programme for IT plan of a one size fits all approach “does not work”.

Royal Brompton and Harefield implements WLAN

8 October 2008 12:35 AM

Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, has implemented a wireless local area network (WLAN) supplied by French telecoms giant Alcatel-Lucent.

Leicester to use WinScribe digital dictation

8 October 2008 12:00 AM

The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust will introduce SRC’s WinScribe digital dictation systems in a bid to meet Department of Health sustainability targets and improve patient experience.