Contents
April 2001
Volume 18 Number 3
3 Editorial
Mike Fairey introduces this issue view editorial
2 News

INFORMATION ACCESSIBILITY
20 Streamlining the ordering and delivery of wheelchairs in Northern Ireland
Sean Currie reports how his trust has empowered occupational therapists, using Internet technology view abstract
23 m-care — mobile access to primary care patient information at the point of care
David Brazier, Dr Jim Campbell and Martin Irving describe a pioneering pilot project giving access to EPRs via WAP phones view abstract
27 Teaching healthcare information skills across the community: an integrated approach
Susan Martin describes a programme to develop information skills in south Devon view abstract
30 Referring to hospital consultants electronically: The Lewisham Hospital solution
Doug Northwood gives an overview of the design and implementation of the system view abstract

PRODUCT FEATURES
Product directories
35 — clinical audit systems
38 — financial management software and services
36 Clinical audit and information systems
Richard Craven reviews some of the issues and challenges in developing and employing clinical audit systems
39 Web-based hospital benchmarking
Peter Munday reports on a project to develop benchmarking and performance-management tools using new technology

REGULARS
14 Courthouse
John Warchus reviews a report on the rough justice meted out by ICANN in resolving Internet domain name disputes
15 re:fractions
Peter Murray discusses some of the issues for and against having a single UK health informatics organisation
16 Down at the EPR Arms
Sean Brennan embraces a banker's IT spending in his Arms
17 Touchstone
Dr Touchstone answers some questions on BS7799, the security-management standard
18 Periscope
William Payne on robots that eat their fuel
33 Knowledgebases
Book reviews and new information sources
41 Product news
43 Services news
44 Contracts
45 Partnerships & acquisitions
46 Conferences & courses

In the news this issue

GENETIC INFORMATION
Public's views on uses
of genetic information
Most- and least-trusted
users of genetic
databases
Abolition of right to
withdraw consent
Public's views on police
DNA database

IM&T MARKETPLACE
Procurement failure
prediction
PFI key
L&H goes for
opportunities
Open-source software
for NHS?
Smartcard market
review

INFORMATION GOVERNANCE
Maintenance of
patients' trust
Research governance
framework launch
Consent toolkit launch
Alder Hey implications
for IM&T
FOI and disclosures
Patient Consent Form
Bill

SERVICES MODERNISATION
Information sharing —
USA style
Information sharing —
NHS Direct style
NHS Direct:
Xmas satisfaction
N Essex share IM&T
services
Avon share IM&T
services
Sharing records online
with patients
Email address book
proves a hit
N West RLN takes
off
 

 

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