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7 March 2007

Electronic referrals lack detail, study warns

A study comparing the quality of data content and clinical value of electronic and paper referrals in dermatology has found
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6 March 2007

Exercising Choice

When Connecting for Health appointed its GP clinical leads two years ago, there were three big issues on the primary
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6 March 2007

Over 21000 patients search QoF data

Patients have carried out more than 21,000 searches of GP practice data from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) in
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5 March 2007

Unified communications in healthcare

Single, converged networks supporting IP telephony, videoconferencing, video-on-demand and contact centres offer benefits for healthcare that should not be ignored,
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5 March 2007

Electronic hospital discharge summary rolls out

Gloucestershire hospitals have come up with an answer to the age-old problem of getting discharge information over to GPs quickly
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1 March 2007

More teamwork needed to make PBC a reality

A report by an independent steering group of experts from the NHS, supported by Dr Foster Intelligence has called for
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1 March 2007

Additional systems catalogue plans ‘near completion’

Plans for a catalogue of ‘additional systems suppliers’ covering a wide range of specialist clinical systems are in the final
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27 February 2007

Summary care records planned for end of 2008

Connecting for Health is planning for every patient in England to have a complete Summary Care Record by the end
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27 February 2007

Scottish GPs to start issuing barcoded scrips

Scotland’s electronic transmission of prescriptions project is to get underway in April when GP practices will begin to produce barcoded
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27 February 2007

Trafford enables GPs and hospitals to share EPR

Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust has developed a new electronic patient record system with assistance from software developers, Graphnet Health, and
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