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The British Journal of Healthcare Computing and Information Management

Contents

June 2006
Volume 23 Number 5
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In the news this issue

See the News page for summaries of these
news articles

INFORMATION DISCLOSURE

2  England’s National Identity Register to be hub for all public-sector databases

4  Confusion about medical information on ID-card database

4  New legislation eroding patient confidentiality, says GP leader

4  Doctors advised to warn patients of insecure comms

5  Poll shows support for compulsory cancer registry

5  NICE reported for withholding information

OF INTEREST

6  NHS Direct to become an NHS trust

6  NAO reports on OoH services

6  MP3s overload hospital server

7  Reverse auctions overrated

7  NPfIT heads to face PAC

 
3 Editorial
Mike Fairey introduces the lead articles. view editorial
2 News
 MEDICAL-RECORD INTEROPERABILITY
10 Working to make EHR a standard of care in Canada
Richard Alvarez, CEO of a federally funded body, Canadian Health Infoway Inc, relates progress in getting the Canadian provinces to develop a pan-Canadian EHR and supporting applications.
view abstract
13 Implementing the shared EPR in the Netherlands
Ellen Maat, Dutch Head of ICT in Healthcare, describes the setting up and linking of a completely decentralised and distributed database for EHR records, and as a priority ensuring that locum and OoH-care providers can access and write to GPs’ records. view abstract
16 Enabling EHR take-up in the USA
The National Co-ordinator for Health IT in the USA, Dr David Brailer, describes American planning — still at an early stage — for a consumer-driven healthcare market for nearly 300m people. view abstract
19 Delivering IT for a modern, efficient NHS in England
Richard Granger gives an account of the progress of CfH’s seven main programmes. view abstract
 SUPPLIER INTERVIEW
29 Turning the hospital network ‘life critical’
William Payne talks to Audi Lucas, Dräger Medical’s
Networks Manager.
 MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
 23 The no-nonsense guide to ... document-management systems
Why you should use a document-management system and how to choose one, by Janine Milne.
26 Technology in action: invoice handling at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
28
Technology in action: streamlining histopathology reports at Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust.
32
Product directory: management systems
 REGULARS
22
Knowledgebases. Book reviews and new information resources.
27 Periscope. William Payne discusses developments in specialised search tools for the medical community.
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Cover picture: Up a mountain without an EHR. Composite image. With thanks to
Rob Jackman and Leeds NHS Teaching Hospital.

 

 

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