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11 February 2009

EMIS SCR compliant by April

EMIS is expected to become compliant with the Summary Care Record by the end of April, freeing the way for
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10 February 2009

SCR roll-out begins

NHS Stoke on Trent has kicked off the national roll-out of the Summary Care Record, while another primary care trust
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9 February 2009

New QRISK2 for heart disease launched

A new version of the QRISK software which identifies patients most at risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been
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6 February 2009

NHS Manchester buys BI from Ardentia

NHS Manchester has deployed Ardentia’s data warehouse and patient level costing modules to replace in house legacy systems and support
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6 February 2009

Little local difficulties with C+B

Health minister Ben Bradshaw has told MPs that local implementation issues are at the root of most complaints about Choose
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4 February 2009

Demonstrators make slow progress

Around 650 people are using new assistive care technologies as part of the Whole System Demonstrator project, according to the
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3 February 2009

Cutting the ties to one GP system

GP Dr Neil Paul wonders if IT advances mean primary care should become less dependent on one operating system and
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3 February 2009

Choose and Book increases DNAs

Attendance in outpatient clinics is worse for patients referred via Choose and Book than for those given an appointment after
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29 January 2009

SCR patient consultation could be cut

The length of the patient information programme run before Summary Care Records are uploaded to the Spine could be cut
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29 January 2009

NHS Alliance promotes patient records

The NHS Alliance is promoting real-time access to medical records, claiming this will help meet the drive towards patient self-management
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