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Connecting for Health
Third annual conference for nurses, midwives and healthcare professionals
NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CFH) is hosting its third annual conference for nurses, midwives and healthcare professionals on June 17, 2008.
Fujitsu contract with NHS Connecting for Health
Regrettably and despite best efforts by all parties, it has not been possible to reach an agreement on the core Fujitsu contract that is acceptable to all parties. The NHS will therefore end the contract early by issuing a termination notice.
Clinical Content Development announcement
NHS Connecting for Health is pleased to announce that the NHS Pathways team has recently joined the Directorate of Care Records Development.
Fresh drive for full adoption of NHS Number
The NHS Number has refreshed its programme of work, to build upon and provide further support, guidance and assistance to healthcare organisations, to achieve complete adoption of the NHS Number as defined in the NHS Operating Framework 2008/9.
Second NAO report published
The National Audit Office (NAO) has published its second report on the National Programme for IT, called 'The National Programme for IT in the NHS: Progress since 2006', on Friday 16 May 2008.
Record number of bookings after successful implementation of Choose and Book Release 4.0
A record 26,000 bookings were made via Choose and Book on the first day after the successful implementation of Choose and Book Release 4.0, over the weekend of 3 and 4 May 2008, an upgrade to support Free Choice for patients.
Choose and Book Release 4.0 rescheduled
NHS Connecting for Health has rescheduled the launch of Release 4.0 of the Choose and Book electronic booking system, which had been due to go live on 12/13 April 2008. The Release will now be introduced over the weekend of 3/4 May 2008.
N3 lands innovation award
The NHS Connecting for Health N3 team is celebrating after winning a prestigious 2008 Government Computing Award for Innovation.
Patient safety boosted by introduction of infection-resistant keyboards
NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CFH) has procured 7,500 infection resistant keyboards for use in hospitals across England, in a move designed to help improve patient safety by preventing the spread of hospital infections.
Event to be hosted on SNOMED CT and interoperable healthcare
NHS Connecting for Health is to host a conference looking at the importance to patient care of using the standard clinical terminology - 'SNOMED Clinical Terms' (SNOMED CT) - as part of an overall technical solution to support the delivery of health care.
New guidance on protecting electronic patient information
New joint guidance is now available from the British Medical Association (BMA) and NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CFH) to advise health care staff on how to protect electronic patient information.
Choose and Book Release 4.0 postponed
NHS Connecting for Health has postponed the launch of Release 4.0 of its Choose and Book electronic booking system, which was due to go live on April 12.
Choose and Book Release 4.0 postponed
NHS Connecting for Health has postponed the launch of Release 4.0 of its Choose and Book electronic booking system, which was due to go live on April 12.
NHSmail endorsed by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
NHSmail, the secure email and directory service for NHS staff in England and Scotland, has been endorsed by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP).
GP2GP reaches 100,000 transfers
NHS Connecting for Health can announce that GP2GP has completed over 100,000 electronic health record (EHR) transfers.
NHS encryption tool now available
NHS Connecting for Health has recently completed the national procurement of an encryption solution for removable media and full disk encryption on behalf of the NHS.
