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27 October 2009

CQC criticises discharge summaries

The Care Quality Commission has warned that the NHS may be failing to prevent harm to patients by failing to
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27 October 2009

Survey calls for IT to help deaf

More than half of deaf and hearing impaired patients regularly face difficulties communicating with their GP surgery and would like
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26 October 2009

DH promotes C+B to beat strike

The Department of Health is encouraging GPs and hospitals to use NHS Choose and Book and secure text messaging to manage
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23 October 2009

Herefordshire joins NHS and council IT

Herefordshire has become the first county in the UK to integrate its council and NHS IT services. Zack Pandor, joint
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22 October 2009

400 issues and counting

Jon Hoeksma looks back at eight years of E-Health Insider, as it issues its 400th newsletter.
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22 October 2009

DH seeks views on replacement for QMAS

The Department of Health is considering replacing the Quality, Management and Analysis System used for calculating Quality and Outcomes Framework
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21 October 2009

Quick wins

Over the moon, gobsmacked, delighted - just some of the reactions from the winners of the E-Health Insider Awards 2009
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20 October 2009

GP ratings site criticised by rival

The GP practice rating service launched by NHS Choices received 1,600 comments in its first 24 hours of operation, according
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20 October 2009

PDS access requires ‘business reason’

Staff accessing the Personal Demographics Service must have an appropriate ‘business reason’ for doing so, but need not have a
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19 October 2009

EPR: the drama

Sarah Bruce goes to the theatre – to see a play about the ethical dilemmas of EPRs.
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