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31 January 2006

GPs highlight “clunky” functionality of C+B

The Choose and Book system is "clunky and cumbersome" and slower than the paper-based referral mechanism it is intended to
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30 January 2006

ePEX accredited for Choose and Book

Ascribe has announced that it has achieved Choose and Book accreditation for its ePEX patient administration system, which is installed
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26 January 2006

Scottish practices make the case for new IT systems

Scottish GPs are exercising their new right to choose their own IT systems with an exodus from the dominant GPASS
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25 January 2006

Electronic health card trial to begin in Germany

Germany is to start trialling an electronic health card at the end of April that will contains basic patient data
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24 January 2006

Enfield PCT selects EMIS for super surgery

A North London primary care trust (PCT) has awarded primary care systems supplier EMIS a contract to supply the PCS system for a
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23 January 2006

GPC says summary care record must be ‘opt-in’

The General Practitioner Committee of the BMA on Thursday passed a recommendation for patient data to only be loaded up
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19 January 2006

Pharmacists to get access to EPS but not CRS

Pharmacists are to be registered for access to the NHS spine to enable electronic transmission of prescriptions but will be
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19 January 2006

NHS CfH says spine now fixed

NHS Connecting for Health, the DH agency responsible for delivery of the NHS National Programme for IT, has issued a
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18 January 2006

GP says C+B not economic for his practice

A GP has claimed the newly-announced incentives on offer for Choose and Book will still make it uneconomical for his
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16 January 2006

Warning on patient data from medicines reviews

Pharmacists are being warned not to e-mail medicines use reviews to GPs until concerns over confidentiality have been addressed. The
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