Over 1,000 new NHS IT systems deployed
<br>Connecting for Health, the Department of Health's IT agency, is claiming that just over 1,000 system deployments had been made in the NHS in England by the beginning of August.
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<br>National knowledge service aims high
<br>Building a centralised electronic National Knowledge Service, that will deliver focused clinical knowledge to clinicians when they need it, has become the key aim of NHS Connecting for Health's new Knowledge, Process and Safety Directorate.
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<br>Framework agreement for NHS videoconferencing
<br>Videoconferencing specialists, Questmark, have been awarded a three-year framework agreement by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency for the supply of systems and services.
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<br>Cisco to create N3 for Scotland
<br>Cisco Systems announced this week that it is to create a New National Network (N3) for Scotland connecting 3,000 NHS locations around the country.
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<br>A wristband that checks the right drug? Brilliant
<br>A student at Brunel University has won an industry prize for designing a hospital wristband, called 'Brilliant', that can check the dose and type of drugs being administered to patients.
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<br>Opinions sought on EHRs in informatics survey
<br>Clinicians and support staff are being invited to comment on their experiences of electronic health records in a survey being undertaken by students at the Yorkshire Centre for Health Informatics.
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