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19 September 2006

500 EMIS practices to get electronic record transfers

NHS Connecting for Health is to roll out GP2GP record transfer to another 500 practices by the end of March
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19 September 2006

No mistake

Misspelt electronic records can have serious effects. Daloni Carlisle looks at the results of a three-year initiative to test the
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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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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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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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12 September 2006

Delay to Scottish primary care software report

A much-anticipated report on the future of primary care IT systems in Scotland has been delayed, and will undergo further work before
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12 September 2006

Treasury decision on GPSoC still pending

A decision on the full business case for GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) is still awaited from the Treasury, Connecting
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11 September 2006

Asthma telephone reviews shown to be effective

A study has found that telephone reviews of patients with asthma are just as effective as face-to-face consultations and can
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