eNWI Archived News: March/April 2006

Informing Healthcare has published the 2nd Edition of the National Case.

Interested in Prescribing? Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) is one of the central objectives of Australia’s National Medicines Policy. What is QUM? Also read about research on QUM

Work in the Community and interested in the technology needed for an integrated healthcare community? Also see Why do nurses and health visitors, who are seeing exactly the same patients as GPs, need a different electronic record system? Do you agree? Does this reflect your practice experience in Wales?

Informing Healthcare has published the 2nd Edition of the National Case.

IMPORTANT if you work in Wales - your views are needed!!! See and input into the Consultation on the Wales Accord on the Sharing of Personal Information (WASPI) (Tier 1) - Remember this consultation closes on March 15th 2006

See the Concordat which provides a framework for co-operation between the Department of Health and the departments or directorates concerned with health and social care in the UK Department of Health, and Cabinet of the National Assembly for Wales

The first eNWI Conference in October 2005 was a great success! Click here to view all the presentations

An interesting 'Comment & Analysis ' article with Dr Gwyn Thomas, programme director, Informing Healthcare Keep yourself up to date with Informing Healthcare - especially read about the case studies

Be sure you are up to date with the new Resuscitation Guidelines 2005

NHS Wales signs software deal with Microsoft and NHS Wales pulls off cost-saving deal with Microsoft

A new version of predictive risk software to help identify patients most at risk of emergency hospital admissions has been released

Work with children? See the Report 'Passing it on' - the Children's Rights Director's report on what children think about people who work with them passing on confidential information to each other.

Care for Diabetic Clients?Report on an Interesting mobile device which uses mobile technology

A computer test that nurses and all AHPs should have access to?

Interested in Access and Informed Consent? See Public-private venture 'to improve access' to info

eHealth For The Aged - A Market Or A Myth

Are you a midwife? The RCM Library now provides access for RCM members to a collection of 'top twenty' electronic textbooks in midwifery.