Ireland

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4 April 2005

Nurses need better access to IT, says RCN survey

A survey of nurses, midwives and health visitors undertaken by the Royal College of Nursing has shown that not enough
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23 March 2005

Northern Ireland unveils plans for electronic records

Northern Ireland has announced plans to develop its own electronic care record in a move which has led to calls
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21 March 2005

Northern Ireland announces new health IT strategy

Northern Ireland has announced plans to develop its own electronic care record in a move which has led to calls
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7 March 2005

Survey exposes unsafe security practice

Measures taken by doctors to safeguard confidentiality, especially electronic records, are severely deficient and fuel the concerns of those trusted
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23 December 2004

More investment in Irish health IT needed, says report

The Information Society Commission of Ireland, an independent advisory board set up to investigate and report on IT matters for
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26 October 2004

Hospital clerk jailed for culling patient data

A hospital worker from Northern Ireland who collected information from the patient records of politicians, senior military and police personnel,
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13 August 2004

Six new companies brought under NPfIT banner

The National Programme for IT have announced six new “enterprise-wide" agreements between suppliers of software and hardware infrastructure and services,
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5 August 2004

The Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS)

The quality and outcomes framework (QoF) is designed to reward practices for the quality of care offered to their patients
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11 June 2004

Citrix prescribes access strategy for health

Ever thought of having an IT access strategy for your trust?  Citrix thinks you should. E-Health Insider went along to
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27 May 2004

MPs told Wales, Scotland and NI passed on NPfIT

The NHS in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales were each approached and subsequently turned down the opportunity to participate in
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