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The British Journal of Healthcare Computing and Information Management

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April 2006
Volume 23 Number 3
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ENGLISH NATIONAL PROGRAMME

2  IT strategy to be refreshed

4  Plan for furthering choice of GP systems

5  Opt-in consent could delay CRS benefits

5  Guy’s CEO attacks NPfIT strategy

6  First Millennium stalls at start

6  ComMedica and two .NETs

INFORMATION DISCLOSURE

8  Information-sharing protocols  proposed

8  Interagency data-match trial

8  Offshore transcription risks

LETTER

10 Cost deters use of WiFi

OF INTEREST

10 Wanless recommends new socialcare system

10 Recording DPA-compliant opinions

RESEARCH

9  Mobiles could save £millions

9  Barnsley tries telemonitoring

 

 
3 Editorial
Mike Fairey introduces the lead articles. view editorial
2 News
 VIEWS ON ENGLAND'S NPfIT
14 21st century IT revisited: a personal view.
Progress is being made more difficult by policies that haven’t taken into account their impact on NHS ICT and information flows, concludes Ted Woodhouse. view abstract
17 England’s NPfIT: an overview from the touchline. Michael Fairey considers the main plus and minus points in his evaluation of the challenges of implementing the NPfIT. view abstract
20 The NPfIT and England’s healthcare-IT market: an assessment at year four.
Murray Bywater reviews the real impact of the NPfIT on the marketplace. view abstract
 SECURITY
24 The no-nonsense guide to . . . access control. Ensuring only those authorised to do so can view your organisation’s sensitive data is the domain of effective access control, says Pete Mitchell.
27 Case study: Email security system gives North East Wales NHS Trust peace of mind.
28 Opinion. Jackie Groves of Utimaco Safeware asks, how safe is your healthcare data?
31 Product directory: security.
 REGULARS
12 re:fractions. Dr Peter Murray asks, have Web 2.0 or ‘social software’ tools any applications for healthcare informatics?
23
Knowledgebases. Book reviews and new information resources.
30 Periscope. Surgeons may soon perform coronary artery bypass operations on beating hearts in closed chests, thanks to virtual-reality software, says William Payne.
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