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Editorial
Mike Fairey introduces this issue.
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In the news this issue
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ENGLISH NATIONAL PROGRAMME
8 LSPs to supply all PACs
8 Doctors’ support for NPfIT
declining
8 Call for nurses’ and AHPs’
involvement
8 RCN survey of nurse
involvement
8 NAO to audit investment in
NPfIT
GENETIC INFORMATION
4 HGC to report on genetic
profiling at birth
6 Insecurity of genetic
databases
6 UK Biobank focus on ethics
INFORMATION DISCLOSURES
2 ID biometrics: EU DP
Commissioners’ concerns
2 PIAG Chair defends consent
2 Legal protection for NHS
number
2 Permission to share mental
healthcare records
4 Chaplains insist DP denies
last rites
4 ‘Softer touch’ for caring
disclosures
4 Tissue Bill amendments
NEW WAYS
10 Robot assists heart surgeon
10 Bradford launches robotics
degree
11 Wireless emergency medical
record
11 Facial imaging breakthrough
11 Harley Street network
28 Glasgow network
34 Fortresses of care
SERVICE DELIVERY
6 Unusable online information
6 Old PASs threaten new
funding
7 Appointment-reminder
service launch
7 Poor-quality records
exasperate Ombudsman
7 Clash of NHS email rules and
image transfers
25 US mandates RFID for
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BUILDING THE CRS
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Doctors’ perceptions of the IT systems in
their NHS acute and specialist trusts
A summary of audit results presented by Daniel Smith, John
Bailey and Jonathan Boyce.
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England’s National Programme for IT in
the NHS: benefits, risks and challenges
John Skinner shares his ‘road map’ of what needs to be done at
local levels to prevent failure. view
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Devolution, ETP and incomplete medical
records:
causes and effects
Martin Strange looks at what will happen at England’s borders.
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Risks, routes to market and negotiation strategies
for NPfIT suppliers
Factual advice from Rebecca Carter for SMEs.
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PRODUCT FEATURES
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Product directories |
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— EPR/ICR applications |
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— Internet and intranet tools
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Towards person-centred computing: tablet PC or PDA?
The second report from Rafael Sorribas and Dominic
McKenny from their study of clinicians’ preferences for
mobile devices and the issues surrounding adopting the technology.
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The Cambridgeshire Assessment Tool —
integrating systems for the SAP
A summary of progress on a project examining the use of mobile
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REGULARS
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re:fractions
Following recent calls to make all research results open access,
Jean Roberts argues the case for making experiential reports
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ASSIST
John Leach finds that the current investment in ICTs in the
NHS has resulted in healthcare informatics being elevated into a
mainstream issue.
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Periscope
The next big development in computing will be text mining, to make
intelligent use of the mass of information being generated in modern
times, says William Payne.
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Knowledgebases
New information sources |
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Services news
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Contracts news
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Partnerships & acquisitions |
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Conferences & courses
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