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30 November 2009

Fracture risk tool built using QResearch

A score to predict the risk of patients suffering fractures due to osteoporosis has been developed using the QResearch database.
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11 November 2009

West Dorset improves Down programme

The Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has rolled-out a maternity solution from GE Healthcare to provide a vigorous Down Syndrome
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15 October 2009

Access code

Dr Maureen Baker, Caldicott Guardian for NHS Connecting for Health, outlines new guidance on the use of the Personal Demographics
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13 October 2009

Unite calls for better IT training

Health visitors believe they are not getting enough IT training on their local electronic patient record systems, according to a
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9 October 2009

ContactPoint roll out confirmed

The national roll-out of the children’s database ContactPoint is to go ahead from later this month, the government has announced.
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7 September 2009

Health promotion portal launched

A primary care IT manager has set up a website to make it easier for GP practices to run health
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4 September 2009

Time changes consultations

The proportion of primary care consultations conducted by telephone has trebled over the past 14 years, according to the largest
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20 August 2009

Personal view: Mary Hawking

Mary Hawking, a GP and critical friend of NHS IT, asks: are your records fit for sharing?
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13 August 2009

EU Hospital IT database launched

A German company, Hospital IT Network, has launched an online European e-health industry research database that offers detailed profiles of
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10 August 2009

Conservatives to ā€˜dismantleā€™ NPfIT

The Conservatives have promised to ā€œdismantle Labour's central NHS IT infrastructureā€ and instead move to a choice of local accredited
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