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NHS Alliance calls for debate on care records

The organisation representing primary care trusts is calling for an urgent public debate about the consent model for the NHS
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Patient Opinion wins new media award

An online service that allows patients to report their experiences of NHS services has been “highly commended” in the New
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Number cruncher

Fiona Barr talks to Professor Sir Brian Jarman of Imperial College's Dr Foster Unit about using hospital data to uncover
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Follow my lead

Michael Cross looks at how NPfIT is lead by wider government priorities and who the real driving force behind the
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Hospital mobile phone blanket bans criticised

Both the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Parliament’s Health Select Committee have said that there are no technical
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Public awareness low on e-health services

A picture of low public awareness of electronic health services emerges from a new survey of users with NHS Direct,
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Warning on good practice in data sharing

The Information Commissioner (IC) has issued a warning to the government and other public bodies to share data properly or
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Computer therapy to help patients back to work

  Ultrasis’s Beating the Blues, a computerised cognitive behavourial therapy software package designed to offer drug-free treatment to patients with
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Welsh GP surgery offers video podcasts

A rural general practice in Wales has started offering video podcasts for its patients covering a variety of subjects, starting
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Tablet tests

How did three E-Health Insider readers get on with new tablet PCs in their work? A GP, a dermatologist and
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