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Framework agreement for NHS videoconferencing

  Videoconferencing specialists, Questmark, have been awarded a three-year framework agreement by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency for the supply
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National Knowledge Service aims high

Building a centralised electronic National Knowledge Service, that will deliver focused clinical knowledge to clinicians when they need it, has
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Course offers fast track to health fundamentals

A short course offering a rapid induction into the world of healthcare and the NHS has been designed by the
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Patients rate good local services above choice

A report into patient choice has argued that while Choose and Book is seen by the public as a positive service
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NCRS will make corrections easier, says minister

Corrections to electronic health records will be easier when the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS) is available and problems caused by
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Winning over clinicians key to success says Economist

Winning over busy, sceptical clinicians to the benefits of NHS IT modernisation has been highlighted as a key challenge by
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Royal Society to investigate ICTs in health

The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, has launched an investigation into how the rapidly developing fields of
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Medicare to give away EPR software

Medicare, the largest US Federal payer of medical care, has announced that it is to help speed up the adoption
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Child health and social care data ‘must fit together’

The proposed national child index that will be used to record and share information about the statutory services being used
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IPPR calls for electronic health record education

  The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has called for the introduction of IT training for socially excluded sections
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