18 September 2006

GP wins award for patient record access initiative

Dr Amir Hannan has been awarded this year’s John Perry prize at the British Computer Society’s Primary Healthcare Specialist Group
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15 September 2006

Welsh practices top 1000 point QOF average

  Welsh GP practices have increased their average achievement in the Quality and Outcomes Framework to more than 1000 points,
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15 September 2006

BT signals interest in more LSP work

BT has declared its interest in taking over any of Accenture’s work under the National Programme for IT, if the consulting
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14 September 2006

Best test

Ex-programmer and clinician Dr Andrew Harrison invites comments on his wishlist for an ideal test result software package.
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14 September 2006

Keep old records when migrating, BMA warns

GP representatives have issued advice to practices considering moving to central servers, including guidance about migration of patient lists. The
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14 September 2006

N3 on target for March 2007 completion

Almost 15,500 connections have been made to the national network, N3, and work is on schedule to be completed in
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14 September 2006

System C to aid Fujitsu in NHS CRS rollout

System C has announced that it has signed a contract with Fujitsu to support its work implementing the NHS Care
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14 September 2006

Electronic patient information awards announced

  Patient information publications delivered through new media such as DVDs and websites have strongly featured in the results of
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13 September 2006

iSoft’s £82m upfront cash for existing IT revealed

Upfront payments totalling nearly £82m were made to health IT specialists, iSoft, in a complex deal which gave the company money
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13 September 2006

Polypharmacy phone counselling can save lives

Periodic telephone counselling of patients receiving multiple drugs for chronic diseases can improve compliance with the medication regime – and
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