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Team of GPs to review QoF indicators

A team of GP academics and the Royal College of General Practitioners have been appointed to lead an overhaul of
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HIMSS singing

With former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan on its speaker rota, this year’s HIMSS conference was always going to be
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Practice managers embrace SCR

A survey into practice managers’ attitudes towards healthcare IT systems has found that they are generally in favour of IT
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Two thirds of GPs sign up for IGSoC

Around two-thirds of GP practices had signed up to NHS Connecting for Health’s information governance standards by the deadline of the
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Summary care record is indelible

Patients who do not opt-out of the Summary Care Record prior to one being created for them will not be
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NI GPs report survey concerns

Grassroots GPs in Northern Ireland have reported widespread concern from patients about their data being passed to research company Ipsos
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Team spirit

At last year’s BT e-Health Insider Awards, a virtual team won team of the year, sponsored by NHS Connecting for
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GP2GP hits half a million transfers

More than 500,000 electronic patient records have now been transferred between GP practices using GP2GP software, NHS Connecting for Health
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NHS Choices and UK online pilot extended

The partnership between NHS Choices and UK online centres is being extended to cover Directgov after proving to be a
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GPS tracking for dementia patients

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has announced it is trialling the use of GPS devices to track
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