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16 May 2005

Data quality vital to electronic transfer of prescriptions

Keighley, the first pilot site for electronic transfer of prescriptions (ETP), has found that before new national systems can be
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12 May 2005

300 practices’ QoF results online at GP’s site

Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) results for nearly 300 practices have been put online by a GP who plans to include
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12 May 2005

Patient information site rivals NHS Direct Online

Patient information website patient.co.uk has claimed that it is now as popular as NHS Direct Online, with just under 1.2m visitors received
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10 May 2005

Hardware upgrades may swallow Choose and Book money

Incentive money for Choose and Book may be spent on upgrading hardware to allow e-booking to work, as primary care
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10 May 2005

GP says clinical consultation not delivering

A GP involved in advising Connecting for Health has claimed the programme is being mismanaged with professional input ignored and
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10 May 2005

Groundhog Day

Connecting for Health's new strategy to engage with professional associations seems strangely familiar, reports E-Health Insider from the Clinical Information
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5 May 2005

Companies link up for digital retinopathy screening

Digital Healthcare and Graphnet have announced a collaboration that will combine the two companies’ imaging and electronic record software to
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5 May 2005

Bolton GPs told to use only one IT system

GPs in Bolton are coming under pressure from their PCT to ditch their various practice IT systems and sign up with a
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4 May 2005

BMA issues FOI guidelines for GPs

The BMA has issued new guidance to General Practitioners on the Freedom of Information Act advising them to be open
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3 May 2005

Release QoF data if asked, BMA advises

GPs are being advised to release Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) data before national figures are published if their practices
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