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12 October 2004

Contact lost as NHS e-mail relaunch misfires

Contact, the new NHS e-mail service supplied by Cable and Wireless, is down for maintenance after problems at its launch on
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8 October 2004

Brent goes live with Graphnet drug action team solution

Brent Primary Care Trust, north west London, has gone live with a new system developed by Graphnet to enable drug
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7 October 2004

Virus concern for radiology

Medical scanners hit by viruses and worms can be put out of action for weeks while manufacturers decide how the
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4 October 2004

NPfIT: engagement on electronic referrals will wait

National engagement over electronic referrals will only come “when the time is right", namely when the system is fully operational,
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30 September 2004

End 2005 will see NPfIT making a difference for all

National Programme for IT’s (NPfIT) director-general, Richard Granger has predicted that by the end of next year there won’t be
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29 September 2004

Mapping software could offer way out of data maze

A software package that uses geocoding to display patient and clinican data on Ordnance Survey maps has been installed in
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28 September 2004

Urgent need for joined-up IT to improve US healthcare

An influential new report identifies fragmentation as a key cause of problems in the American healthcare system and says IT
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28 September 2004

Patients offered selective consent still mistrust EHR

Patients who have given consent for parts of their electronic health record to be shared among healthcare providers remain confused
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23 September 2004

Over 5,000 GP practices now ready for QMAS

The Department of Health have announced that over 5,000 out of the 9,000 GP practices in England are now able
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22 September 2004

MedInfo 2004: a global view of health connectivity

Health IT leaders from England, Australia, Canada and the US met at the recent MedInfo 2004 conference to compare notes
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