3 November 2009

SRC and PCTI sign deal

Digital dictation and voice recognition software supplier SRC has announced that it has signed an agreement with document management specialist
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2 November 2009

Tories promise records for all

Patient-held records are one of the Conservative Party’s priorities for health, according to plans published today. The party said it would
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29 October 2009

Great Lego in the waiting room

Patients have rated more than one in four GP practices on the Department of Health’s controversial scorecard for surgeries since
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27 October 2009

Survey calls for IT to help deaf

More than half of deaf and hearing impaired patients regularly face difficulties communicating with their GP surgery and would like
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26 October 2009

DH promotes C+B to beat strike

The Department of Health is encouraging GPs and hospitals to use NHS Choose and Book and secure text messaging to manage
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23 October 2009

NIGB launches social care guarantee

The National Information Governance Board has launched its Social Care Record Guarantee, setting out patients’ rights on confidentiality and consent
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22 October 2009

DH seeks views on replacement for QMAS

The Department of Health is considering replacing the Quality, Management and Analysis System used for calculating Quality and Outcomes Framework
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20 October 2009

GP ratings site criticised by rival

The GP practice rating service launched by NHS Choices received 1,600 comments in its first 24 hours of operation, according
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20 October 2009

PDS access requires ‘business reason’

Staff accessing the Personal Demographics Service must have an appropriate ‘business reason’ for doing so, but need not have a
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19 October 2009

Community hospital first for TPP

NHS East Riding of Yorkshire has become the first primary care trust in the country to implement TPP’s SystmOne Community
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