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Knowledge base for non-NHS audience launched

  The NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has launched a public version of its Clinical and Health
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CfH report hails “foundations” of reform

  Over 30,000 clinicians are now registered users of the NHS Care Records Service ‘data spine’ and over 124,000 users
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Solving the maze

Gerry Yantis and Nikolai Segora from Capgemini argue for greater integration between IT programmes in primary care.
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Common Scottish EHR in three years, report advises

Scotland should aim to have its own electronic health record system within three years, a report into the future development
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Cerner in line for south contract

In the south of England plans have been drawn up since at least March on the basis that there would
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Baby steps

E-Health Insider Primary Care reports on two pilot initiatives in sharing of children's details between local authority and health service
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Minister launches patient ‘guarantee’ on records

The government has published a series of commitments in the form of a guarantee on how nationally held electronic health
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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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BMA issues FOI guidelines for GPs

The BMA has issued new guidance to General Practitioners on the Freedom of Information Act advising them to be open
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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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