Archived News: September 2005

Over 1,000 new NHS IT systems deployed in English national IT programme See English Regions Page News

Computerised casualty 'whiteboard' for Bedford

Patients could be struck off for missing GP appointments and there's always the possibility of using SMS reminders

New e-tools to assess the risk of a patient being readmitted to hospital. Kings Fund Project - should be useful for community matrons

Doctors Equipped With A Handheld Computer Rather Than A Pager, Responded More Quickly To Calls

Remember the Payment by Results consultations run until November see: proposed Code of Conduct for Payment by Results

Need to demonstrate the needs of nurses and IT to anyone? Refer to the latest RCN IT Survey

Live in England and interested in the Shared Care Record Review Process? There is a newly revised version of the document just out for discussion - don't miss it

Interesting Open Access Research article: Community nursing needs more silver surfers: a questionnaire survey of primary care nurses' use of information technology

New! Building telecare in England

Erasmus International Master program Health Information Management

Interested in Choose and Book and want to demonstrate/train on it? Download Choose & Book unplugged

Information Resource About Ongoing Clinical Trials

IT Looking Good? Working for the NHS in Health Informatics Summary Report, July 2005