7 March 2006

RCGP backs ‘opt-in’ model for national care records

The Royal College of General Practitioners has decided to back an ‘opt-in’ model for the national NHS Care Records Service
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7 March 2006

Delays confirmed for PACS in NWWM

NHS Connecting for Health has acknowledged that the North West and West Midlands region will miss the March 2007 deadline
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7 March 2006

Trouble continues over online doctor recruitment

Senior clinicians have expressed concerns that the online selection process for student doctors looking for their first placement is not
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6 March 2006

EMIS set to pilot new e-records system

GP computer supplier EMIS is about to pilot its new electronic record system linking practices with community teams including district
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6 March 2006

Sentinel enables Sedgefield PCT to log incidents online

Sedgefield Primary Care Trust is reported to have seen a dramatic increase in the reporting of patient safety incidents since
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6 March 2006

BCS announces speaker line-up for HC2006

The British Computer Society has announced details of its speaker line-up for this year’s HC2006 health informatics conference at Harrogate,
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6 March 2006

iSoft Synergy clears Scottish accreditation hurdle

iSoft has announced that it has achieved the Scottish Enhanced Functionality accreditation for its Synergy Enterprise application for GPs and
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3 March 2006

First P1R2 C+B implementation claimed in Crewe

Mid-Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust has upgraded its iCS patient administration system to cope with P1R2 (phase 1, release 2) of
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3 March 2006

‘Upcoding’ a hazard as PbR pressure grows

Clinical coders are coming under pressure to ‘upcode’ to maximise income under Payment by Results, a conference heard last week.
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3 March 2006

BUPA Hospitals select Kodak for RIS/PACS

BUPA Hospitals has signed an agreement with Eastman Kodak Company’s Health Group to provide the private hospital chain with an
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