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Editorial
Mike Fairey introduces this issue. view editorial |
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In the news this issue
INFORMATION DISCLOSURES
17 Tissue Bill’s nightmare
promise
17 US abortion privacy wrangle
20 Varieties of consent
20 Human rights and IVF donor
IDMEDICATION SAFETY
9 Best-practice guidance
published
NEW WAYS
10 Funding GP links to CRS
12 Call for on-phone
consultations
12 Boost for pathology ICTs
12 Making IT happen
14 Audit Commission
recommends ATs
14 Toilet wars
14 Pagers for patients
14 Biometrics on the rise
16 Uses of smartcards in
healthcare
16 Portarecords
16 Reverse auctions
16 Call for use of standard
barcodes
17 NHS use of ID cards: confused
policy?
PUBLIC-HEALTH REFORM
2 Wanless recommendations
2 NHS Direct TV — imminent
launch
2 First CEO for NHS Direct SHA
RECORDS MANAGEMENT
10 Diabetics’ need for data
sharing
10 Ombudsman’s report
SERVICE DELIVERY
4 ESCR standards finalised
4 CRS to have Oracle database
6 New IT strategy for Wales
6 NHS Direct Wales’s poor IT
6 BT wins N3 contract
8 CRB failings analysed
8 Edinburgh HIS folds
8 Design guide for forms
9 Programmer’s error breaches
privacy
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News |
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ELECTRONIC TRANSFER OF PRESCRIPTIONS
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Why should the National Programme for IT
include the electronic transmission of prescriptions?
An evaluation of benefits and costs as seen by Martin Strange.
view abstract |
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Some expectations and perceptions of
electronic transfer of prescription systems
Darren Mundy, Professor David Chadwick and Dr Ed Ball
report on a research project’s findings.
view abstract |
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ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING
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Electronic prescribing within the context
of the NHS Care Records Service: an opportunity for new computing?
Will Willson sees a chance for pharmacists to apply their
specialised knowledge more usefully.
view abstract |
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PRIMARY CARE IT SYSTEMS
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Has general practice computing peaked?
Dr Trefor Roscoe foresees a loss of innovation resulting
from NPfIT. view abstract
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PRODUCT FEATURES
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Product directories |
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— integrated care pathways |
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— systems, data security and business continuity
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Remote-access technology makes practising medicine painless
Linda Joynes and Jan Vekemans describe the
advantages of secure virtual private networks.
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Data protection revisited
Simon White reviews the definitions of the Data Protection
Act and examines recent developments in data-protection issues. |
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REGULARS
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re:fractions
Professor Graham Wright, Dr Peter Murray,
Mavis Filder and Rafael Sorribas ask whether
NHS IT systems are for the patient or for target-oriented,
centrally-driven, healthcare interventions. |
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EPR Arms
Sean Brennan asks the audience for a new name for the local
ICRs.
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Periscope
William Payne looks at the use of assistive technologies
in home care.
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Knowledgebases
Book reviews and new information sources |
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Product news
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Services news
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Contracts news
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Tenders
Selected tender notices from the Official Journal of the European
Community. |
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Conferences & courses
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Wanted |
