Quality

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26 September 2006

Hosted INPS and iSoft accredited by CfH

Two hosted GP practice systems have so far received accreditation from NHS Connecting for Health. INPS Vision 3 Enterprise edition,
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25 September 2006

Some N3 links ‘too slow for Choose and Book’

A fanfare for the near completion of the new NHS network, N3, has been met with complaints that some GP
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22 September 2006

St George’s switches to ITIL framework

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has rolled out a new Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework, based on Connecting for
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19 September 2006

No mistake

Misspelt electronic records can have serious effects. Daloni Carlisle looks at the results of a three-year initiative to test the
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15 September 2006

Welsh practices top 1000 point QOF average

  Welsh GP practices have increased their average achievement in the Quality and Outcomes Framework to more than 1000 points,
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14 September 2006

N3 on target for March 2007 completion

Almost 15,500 connections have been made to the national network, N3, and work is on schedule to be completed in
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11 September 2006

Asthma telephone reviews shown to be effective

A study has found that telephone reviews of patients with asthma are just as effective as face-to-face consultations and can
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6 September 2006

South Worcestershire signs for Care Enhance Call Centre

South Worcestershire Primary Care Trust has selected an advanced call centre triage system for its GP out-of-hours (OOH) service which it
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4 September 2006

Flashing ‘orb’ to help medication adherence

A US software development company is conducting research to see if using a "flashing orb" on a pill box could
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17 August 2006

IM+T DES participation check advised

Primary care trusts are being advised to contact all GP practices to check if they intend to take part in
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