30 September 2008

GP practices score highly on QoF

GP practices have increased their achievements on the Quality and Outcomes Framework, with an average score of 96.8% in England
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30 September 2008

One in five could object to SUS data use

One in five people in England may have objections to proposals for the Secondary Uses Service because of moral and
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23 September 2008

Concern over encryption for practice-owned IT

GP representatives are concerned that GP practices that have bought their own desktops and mobile devices may miss out on
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23 September 2008

NI GP practices score highly on QoF

GP practices in Northern Ireland earned almost 99% of the total points available to them under the Quality and Outcomes
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19 September 2008

Doctors say web improves clinical practice

Almost three in four doctors believe the internet has improved their clinical practice, according to a poll by a medical
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17 September 2008

GP locums struggle to get smartcards

GP locums are working without NHS Connecting for Health smartcards because of problems in obtaining them, the British Medical Association
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16 September 2008

First EPS release two site due next month

The first early adopter site for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service is expected to go live in the next
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16 September 2008

GP seeks greater urgency on interoperability

A GP who has pioneered record sharing between GP and community teams wants to see local service providers giving interoperability
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16 September 2008

GPs advised to negotiate on IT service level agreements

A GP national user group has advised its members to negotiate over the service level agreements included in the primary
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15 September 2008

EMIS to launch customisable homepage

GP computer supplier EMIS is planning to launch a personalised home page for patients from which they will be able
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