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February 2005
Volume 22 Number 1

 
3 Editorial
Mike Fairey introduces this issue. view editorial

In the news this issue

See the News page for summaries of these
news articles

ENGLISH NATIONAL PROGRAMME

 6  Choose and Book
     rescheduled
 6  Doctors disenchanted with
     NPfIT
 8  New ‘clinical sales’ team for
     NPfIT

GENETIC INFORMATION

10 Police to hold DNA on 25% of
     UK
10 EC to regulate genetic tests

INFORMATION DISCLOSURES

 8  GPs hindering child-
     protection
 8  Danger in removing ward
     name-boards
 9  No medical data on ID cards
10 Worries over FoI supervision

LETTERS

14 The pharmacist’s new role
14 No need to go the Microsoft
     way

MARKET PLACE

12 Help for government
     contracts
14 Europe spending billions on
     EPRs

NEW WAYS

11 Computing centre for
     Swansea
12 Local authorities progress
     with eservices
12 NHS launches satellite TV
     channel
12 Facial reconstruction
     technology
15 Satellite telemedicine for
     Indian villages
22 BCS launches Open Source
    SG

PATIENT CHOICE

 4 Few doctors consult patients
 4 Digital divide for over-65s

PATIENT SAFETY

 2 No easy answer to reducing
    patient ID errors
 2 Prescribing systems should
    focus on high-risk errors
 2 Map of Medicine to guide
    doctors

RECORDS MANAGEMENT

11 Financial management
     concerns in NHS Scotland
11 Waitinglist data compromised
     in Northern Ireland

 
2 News. See the right-hand column for details -->
  JOINT WORKING
20

Development of the common information system for Borders Ability Equipment Service
Setting up a joint equipment-loan service between a council and an NHS care community presented challenges. Nick Morris tells how they were overcome. view abstract
23

The streamlining of referrals at South & East Belfast Health and Social Services Trust
Joanna McQuillan and Dr Gillian Rankin describe how putting all incoming referrals to 10 of a trust’s healthcare and socialcare services through a central
call centre increased efficiency. view abstract
26 A dataset to improve the throughput of patients
Ray Foley reports the preliminary results of a three-site trial of use of the RoWBI database. view abstract
  SYSTEMS DESIGN
29

Information-system development priorities for
a paediatric intensive care unit
Findings from a survey by Imperial College medical students Imran Hamid, Preetesh Modi, Tasneem Pirani, Iman Velji and Dr Benita Cox to identify an IT-support ‘want list’. view abstract
  PRODUCT FEATURES
  Product directories
35 — Clinical decision-support systems
36
— Enterprise information systems
33
Enabling more-effective diagnosis of children
Dr Joseph Britto on the systems that support clinicians by enhancing both accuracy and efficiency of diagnosis.
37 Device networking: a healthcare revolution
Tim Counihan explains how the networking of medical devices can transform both patient care and diagnosis.
  REGULARS
16 ASSIST
John Leach asks whether clinicians are being adequately consulted on NPfIT.
17

re:fractions
Glyn Hayes explains how changes within the BCS have raised the profile of healthcare informatics.
18 EPR arms
Sean Brennan compares his new Sat Nav system with clinical decision support.
19
Periscope
To be truly effective, asks William Payne, shouldn’t clinical decision-support systems be evidence-adaptive?
32 Knowledgebases
New information sources
39
43
Services news
44
Contract news
44 Tenders
Selected tender notices from the Official Journal of the European Community
46 Partnerships & acquisitions
47 Wanted

 

 

 

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