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How can staff be prepared for an electronic record system?
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Electronic record system preparation
Nurse leaders may need to prepare for new electronic record systems. This article advises them on the questions they will need to ask to ensure sustainable benefits for patients
Nurses 'frustrated' by lack of joined up data
Nurses and other clinicians need to change their mindset when it comes to the use of information, according to independent government advisors.
Web 'can help nurses fight obesity'
Internet-based resources could assist nurses in the battle to help the public lose weight, according to research.
Did you miss our webchat? Read it again: how can we engage nurses in IT innovation?
If you missed our webchat on health IT innovation with Dr Susan Hamer you can read it again
What has the NHS Future Forum recommended?
The NHS Future Forum has today issued a raft of recommendations for the government on key areas affecting the nursing.
“Technology can transform the quality of clinical practice”
Nurses must embrace technology as part of ensuring high-quality care
Nurses crucial to improving child health information
There are “significant weaknesses and gaps” in the health information provided to children with long term conditions, a major report has warned.
'Clinical IT leaders will make information central to care'
Effective clinical leadership in information technology is essential, says Linda Davidson
Social media 'could detect flu outbreak'
Twitter and Facebook could be used to help detect outbreaks of disease and other phenomena, academics have said.
Playing 'catch-up' with technology in patient care
I had a lightbulb moment last week - you know, where you actually see something that you have heard about in practice, prompting an ‘Ah! So that’s what it looks like!’ thought.
Diabetes monitor to send text alerts
Healthcare professionals could soon receive texts warning them that a diabetes patient is suffering dangerously low blood sugar levels.
Should we all be nurse 'geeks'?
‘We have to stop thinking of IT as specialist skills that only “geeky” nurses use - we have a responsibility to foster the right skills to help our patients’ says Anne Cooper, national clinical lead for nursing with the DoH Informatics Directorate
Patients want choice of nurse, says RCN
The government’s planned extension of patient choice should be based on information about the quality of nursing as well as medical care, the Royal College of Nursing has said.
Hospital bed transfers put thousands of patients at risk of infection
Hundreds of thousands of hospital patients are being moved from one hospital ward to another with no clinical justification and risking the spread of infection, evidence collected by Nursing Times suggests.
Continence charity extends helpline hours
The confidential phone helpline operated by childhood continence charity ERIC is to offer information to healthcare professionals for longer, following the extension of its opening hours.
Nearly half of nurses reveal their job online
Just under half of nurses, midwives and health visitors state their profession on social media sites, according to survey findings.
West Sussex nurses commended for work on Productive Ward
Nurses at Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust have adopted the Productive Ward programme across all wards and been commended by regulators for their work on the initiative.
Trust launches online referral system
South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust has launched a secure, online referral system for health professionals anywhere in the UK.
Half of hospital trusts cannot report patient transfer data
Fewer than half of hospital trusts collect and report information on the number of times patients are transferred around hospital.
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Telecare - the ethical debate
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£9m cancer awareness fund announced
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Vaccine uptake affected by culture
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Older lovers 'oblivious' to sexual health
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Hospice collects ‘near real time’ patient feedback
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Royal Marsden uses fire damage as chance to rethink critical care
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Costly NHS websites confuse patients
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How to ensure e-portfolios are a valuable resource to students’ learning
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One in five 18 year old women have been pregnant
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Obesity linked to womb cancer rise
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Hospital infection controls criticised
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Addicts associate caffeine with success
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Scoliosis charities launch new websites
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C diff target increased to 50% in Scotland
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Stomach cancer survival rate improves
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Diabetes doubles risk of heart disease
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Heart disease linked to watching television
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'Major deficiencies' in intravenous feeding standards
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Nurses 'should nag' for electronic patient records
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HIV survival improved by following drug plan consistently
