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12 April 2005

NI GPs fear raid on computer money

GPs in Northern Ireland say money earmarked for primary care IT has been subject to huge delays and fear the
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11 April 2005

‘Connect with GPs’ call for IT modernisers

A GP magazine has called on Connecting for Health (formerly the National Programme for IT) to connect with its readers
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7 April 2005

Shortlist shows cream of UK e-health innovation

With just under two weeks to go before the presentation of the E-Health Innovation Awards 2005 the details of shortlisted
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6 April 2005

Evercare pilots highlight need for better data

Case management will not get off the ground unless PCTs, acute trusts and GPs improve their data management and quality,
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5 April 2005

GP-to-GP transfer pilot project begins

The National Programme for IT has begun pilots of GP-to-GP record transfer between practices running EMIS and InPractice Systems, using
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5 April 2005

Do no harm

Peter Singleton of Cambridge Health Informatics considers the case of a patient who tried to opt out of electronic recording.
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5 April 2005

Paper records only opt-out available to patients

The government’s policy allowing patients to opt out of the NHS Care Records Service is based on the decision that
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5 April 2005

Systems choice was a ‘geographical absurdity’

Professor Mike Pringle, one of the clinical leads for the national programme for IT, has described the previous arrangements on
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4 April 2005

Practices make performance data available on web

Practices from four primary care organisations (PCOs) have put performance data online as part of a project to test the
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30 March 2005

Practice manager finds no opt-out from NCRS

A practice manager has tried and failed to prevent her health record, which contains a significant error, being stored in
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