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Editorial
Mike Fairey introduces this issue.
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In the news this issue
ENGLISH NATIONAL PROGRAMME
2 Chief execs to be engaged
2 Need for ‘Spineless’ software
4 Existing-system suppliers
still in limbo
4 PACS consultation criticised
4 London Cluster chief resigns INFORMATION
DISCLOSURES 5 Gene profiling at birth ruled
out
5 Children databases fired at
6 More on healthcare–ID card
links
6 NHS coping with FoI requests
7 Confidentiality and WiFi-
network security
7 Difficulties in obtaining
consent for clinical audit OF INTEREST
8 HITEA 2005 winners
11 Green paper on adult social
services
20 Enabling corrections to EPRs
remotely LETTER 9 ETP
rollout making steady
progress |
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News |
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT
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Beyond systems design: dimensions of
end-user involvement in local electronic patient-record developments
Andrea Jones offers some ideas on how
users of proposed national systems might
go about customising localised ‘feeder’ systems.
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Computer driving and the hunter-gatherer
mentality: why clinicians find computers unhelpful in consultations
Dr Peter Tyerman and Dr Gillian Tyerman argue for better user
interfaces. view abstract |
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INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS
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Patients and relatives tell us what they
need to know through their narratives: an exploratory qualitative study
Sheila Wilson describes a method for matching information
delivery to needs. view abstract |
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PRODUCT FEATURES
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Product directories |
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— socialcare systems |
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— training and elearning
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IT provides safe haven for children in care
Jan Roszkowski on a secure website that provides peace of mind for 1,200
youngsters.
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Elearning gets results for Europe’s
largest dental school
Dr Patricia Reynolds sees online learning as the educational tool
of the future and a solution to the industry’s skills shortage. |
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REGULARS
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re:fractions
Sugar and spice and all things nice? Dr Peter Murray finds
out what healthcare informatics is made of at the BCS HIF’s Education
Steps meeting. |
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EPR Arms
Sean Brennan explores what dairy farming has in common with the
electronic patient record. |
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Periscope
William Payne on the resurgence of the medical museum, via the
Web.
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Knowledgebases
Book reviews and new information sources |
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Services news
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Tenders |
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