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The British Journal of Healthcare Computing and Information Management

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February 2006
Volume 23 Number 1
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ENGLISH NATIONAL PROGRAMME

2  Shared-care record: first content and uses

2  No sealed envelope
at first

2  Declining faith in
the NPfIT

4  EPS guidance release for pharmacists

4  CfH says NPfIT delays not serious

INFORMATION DISCLOSURES

5  Police apply for access to NCRS

5  Lothian launches child-protection system

5  England launches child Information Sharing Index

6  Scotland strengthens supervision of sex offenders

6  Surgeons’ mortality data not personal

6  Consent in research: two approaches

7  Records’ snoopers “should be sacked”

OF INTEREST

9  EPR-implementation trauma at Kaiser Permanente

9  DoH plan for bird flu

9  London Ambulance radio failure on 7 July

10 NHS Direct plans expansion

STANDARDS

7  Security standards: new rules

7  Blitz on data quality advised

8  Websites failing on  accessibility

8   Poor records and communi-cations endanger children
 

 

14 Editorial
Mike Fairey
introduces the lead articles. view editorial
2 News (see right-hand column for titles)
 PRIMARY CARE
15 The changing face of primary care in England
Dr Richard Lewis considers the implications of impending reform. Read article ...
18 The Choose and Book Service at 18 months old.
An update from Dr Richard Gibbs and Dr Sebastian Alexander. Read article ...
 CHANGE MANAGEMENT
21 Engaging clinicians in IT: one step forward, two back
Experiences of an anonymous hospital consultant at the point of change. Read article ...
 MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
 24 Wireless networking for efficiency and enhanced patient care
By James Walker of network-services provider Telindus. Read article ...

 TELECARE

27 Case study: Monitoring system increases long-term patients’ independence. Read article ...
28
Telecare — healthcare technology of the future?
By Cisco Systems’s Chris Blenkhorn. Read article ...
31
Case study: Videoconferencing enables improved healthcare for cancer patients. Read article ...
33 Product directory: telecare technologies and services.
 REGULARS
12 EPR arms.
Sean Brennan finds resistance to LSP’s PASs.
13

ASSIST column.
Isn’t it time that IT and IS implications are factored into change programmes? asks Brian Derry.

22
Knowledgebases. Book reviews and new information resources.
32 Periscope.
William Payne
on the challenges and rewards of incorporating ECGs into EPRs.
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