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Web 2.0 could be used in health e-learning

Web 2.0 technologies such as wikis, podcasts and blogs could be quite effective tools in e-learning for health professionals in
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Nurses ‘losing enthusiasm’ for NHS IT reform

The number of nurses across the UK who believe in the benefits of IT reform in the NHS is falling,
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Peer podcasts for doctors’ forum

Health minister Lord Warner has recorded his first ever podcast with doctors’ network Doctors.net.uk, answering questions placed to him by
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Lack of NPfIT involvement concerns nurses

Two leading nurses have expressed deep concern at the lack of involvement of the nursing community in the design of
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CfH accused of ‘sham’ on clinical consultation

Perhaps the most unexpected part of the Commons Public Accounts Committee hearing on the National Programme for IT this week was the
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Head of NHS Scotland says doctors key to IT projects

Doctors are playing a key role in the development of IT systems in Scotland and will continue to do so
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Nursing engagement ‘could become a risk’

Communication with nurses affected by new IT implementations is an issue and will become a risk without appropriate action, IT
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Paper working after disaster ‘not acceptable’

A senior executive for a health service local service provider (LSP) this week expressed the view that leaving large NHS
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40 business cases for PACS signed off

Forty business cases for picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) in the NHS in England have been signed off and
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HSCIC in talks with private sector partner

The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), the Department of Health agency with prime responsibility for co-ordinating NHS and
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