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No need to register for Choose and Book yet, says BMA

GP representatives have told GPs that there is no need to complete the registration process for Connecting for Health in
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Choose and Book may get mobile txt reminders

Plans are being drawn up to introduce a national automatic appointment reminder service to cut missed appointments by patients, a
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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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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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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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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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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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NHS Direct seeks partners for remote care pilots

NHS Direct is looking for primary care organisations to work with it on pilot remote care projects in 2005-6 and has outlined several
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FOI challenge on QoF data

The owner of an online information service is challenging a decision to hold back publication of Quality and Outcomes Framework
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Data migration hurdles detailed in leaked report

The complex task of transferring data from existing GP clinical systems into systems supplied under NHS Connecting for Health (CfH)
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