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The British Journal of Healthcare Computing and Information Management

Contents

November 2005
Volume 22 Number 9

 
2 News

In the news this issue

See the News page for summaries of these
news articles

ENGLISH NATIONAL PROGRAMME

 2 GP data quality critical for success

 2 CaB myth busters

LETTERS

 6 First of CareCast modules go live

 7 Let SMEs contribute to the NPfIT

OF INTEREST

 4 New software could help prevent flu epidemic

 4 Fuzzy logic to help intensivists decide treatments

 5 Ireland halts large healthcare-IT project

 6 Healthcare-insurance ecard fails fraud test

 6 IBM rejects genetic profiling

17 Confusion over confidentiality rules

20 Katrina’s effect on medical records

 
12 Editorial
Mike Fairey introduces this issue. view editorial
 ISSUES IN SOCIALCARE
13 IT in socialcare: compatible or contemptible?
David Burnham explains why some frontline workers struggle with the adoption of IT.
16 Supporting seamless joint care: the challenge for socialcare and healthcare information systems.
Alan Allman proposes a new starting point for joint working.
18 The ‘1Business’ initiative: the service-improvement programme for Wirral Social Services.
Tom Poulter outlines this bold whole-system overhaul.
21 Barriers to the effective care of osteoporotic patients at risk of bone fractures: the data challenge.
Dr Jonathan Bayly argues for better data collection in this area.
 SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
 25 The no-nonsense guide to... systems integration. A roundup
from Peter Mitchell.
28 Case study: Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust.
29
Improving access to critical information. Systems integration at Barts and the London. By Michael Pedro.
31
Case study: St George’s Healthcare Trust.
32 Product directory: systems integration.
 
 REGULARS
9 ASSIST news. An update on Agenda for Change. By Andrew Haw.
10 EPR arms. Sean Brennan makes a plea for plain speaking.
11 re:fractions. Dr Peter Murray reports on a recent BCS debate on the impact of HI on patient care.
24
Knowledgebases. Book reviews and new information resources.
33 Periscope. William Payne on software that’s simplifying the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
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