24 December 2009

Birmingham OwnHealth signs up 5,000

Birmingham OwnHealth, a telephone-based care management programme, has announced that it has signed up its 5,000th member. The pioneering programme
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23 December 2009

NHS Direct launches self-assessment tool

NHS Direct has launched an online self-assessment tool that it hopes will reduce demand on its telephone service over the winter
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22 December 2009

DH shifts IT from ‘replace’ to ‘connect’

NHS informatics in England will move from a “replace all” to “connect all” philosophy, the Department of Health has announced.
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21 December 2009

Summary record roll-out builds momentum

Five NHS strategic health authorities, covering half of England, are planning to begin roll-outs of the Summary Care Record in
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18 December 2009

Scotland’s CMS to go national in April

Scotland has published a framework for its Chronic Medication Service which it plans roll-out nationally in April 2010.
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16 December 2009

Microtest supports swine flu vaccination

GP system supplier Microtest has launched a swine flu reporting service to help GP practices deliver the swine flu vaccination
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15 December 2009

Study questions value of large EPRs

Local electronic patient record systems are often more effective than larger scale projects, according to a new study by the
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15 December 2009

NHS Direct to miss KPIs

NHS Direct is to miss some of its key performance targets for the last three months of the year, after
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14 December 2009

One in three GPs say PBC data poor

More than one in three GPs actively involved in practice-based commissioning rate the quality of information and data they receive
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11 December 2009

QoF reform in five year plan

The Department of Health has promised to introduce a “significant reform” of the Quality and Outcomes Framework from 2011 as
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