Choice

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1 August 2008

NHS managers not committed to informatics

Efforts to harness health informatics to improve patient care have been "impeded" by a basic lack of commitment from NHS
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24 July 2008

NHS Direct wins award for prescription pilot

NHS Direct’s Evelina Children’s Hospital information prescription pilot project has been awarded the 2008 Ask About Medicines Award for ‘Excellence
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23 July 2008

Act paves way for NIGB

The National Information Governance Board is to become a statutory body, replacing the Patient Information Advisory Group, following Royal Assent
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22 July 2008

GP practices urged to complete GPSoC deals

GP practices in England that have signed up for the GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) initiative are being encouraged to
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22 July 2008

SCR could hold ‘end of life’ plans

The Summary Care Record (SCR) could be used to share end of life care plans and resuscitation details, according to
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21 July 2008

NICE to overhaul QoF

The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) is to be overhauled to focus on indicators which have the greatest impact on
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21 July 2008

‘Choozomatic’ praised by NHS Institute

The ‘Choozomatic’ – a patient voice-activated, touch screen device that is wirelessly linked to wristbands telling doctors and nurses who
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17 July 2008

GPs shape the future of health IT

In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Peter Short, one of the agencyā€™s national clinical leads for GPs,
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17 July 2008

Nine in ten patients satisfied with GP access

Nearly nine in ten patients are satisfied with their ability to get through to their GP practice on the telephone,
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16 July 2008

NHS Choices selects Capita as preferred bidder

Capita has been announced as the preferred bidder to deliver NHS Choices for the next three years.
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