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Guidance aims to boost use of EPS release one

Pharmacy bodies and Connecting for Health have teamed up to issue new guidance for pharmacists on release one of the
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PRIMIS + launches data discussion board

PRIMIS+ has set up an online discussion board to raise awareness of common issues and publicise best practice amongst those
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Healthcare Interoperability Preview

Brian Derry tells Jon Hoeksma why interoperability underpins the future digital NHS.
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MPs call for overhaul of quality framework

The Department of Health should revamp the Quality and Outcomes Framework to give more weight to health outcomes and less
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PCTs increase Choose and Book incentives

A London PCT is to pay its GPs £3.50 for every referral made under Choose and Book as trusts step
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GPs face limits on third party add-ons

GPs in some parts of England claim they are facing unworkable restrictions on the kind of third party IT they
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PCTs criticised over IM+T DES ruling

GP representatives claim PCTs are acting incorrectly by setting a minimum number of records that have to be electronically summarised
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Italian GPs get digital x-rays online

Carestream Health and Italy’s San Salvatore Hospital have announced the development of a new radiology information system module that enables
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GP seeks urgent response on SCR legality

A GP who is seeking publication of the Department of Health’s legal advice on plans for the Summary Care Record
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Trust ditches 0844 number

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has ditched a recently introduced 0844 number following complaints that it could leave vulnerable
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