GP2GP allows large file transfer
Large patient record files can be sent electronically between GP practices following roll-out of the latest version of GP2GP.
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Handbook ‘to define interoperability’
An interoperability handbook and procurement guide will be released tomorrow to help clinical commissioning groups write their digital roadmaps and healthcare providers achieve the vision of interoperable patient records.
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Stables kickstarts ‘great endeavour’
Emis co-founder Dr David Stables has invested millions of his personal fortune in a “grand endeavour” aimed at revolutionising the way the NHS shares information.
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Vanguards in digital drive
NHS England will provide information on how the NHS ‘vanguard’ sites can make use of digital technology as part of a support package published by the end of this month.
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Seventeen suppliers sign GPSoC Lot 3
Seventeen suppliers have signed up to provide cross care-setting interoperability services as part of Lot 3 of the GP Systems of Choice contract.
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BSI publishes apps development standard
The British Standards Institution has published a set of standards to support developers creating health and wellness apps.
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Open sesame!
OpenEHR has been a slow burn, but Ewan Davis believes some recent developments mean it’s about to take off in a big way.
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Another view: of federation
GP Neil Paul is worried that time is nearly up for general practice as we have known it. It’s time to federate, and that will mean thinking IT.
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Planning key to interoperability – BCS
The drive for interoperability across the health and social care system must be backed by strong business planning and organisational change to succeed, new guidelines from the BCS say.
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From Russia with love
Policy makers have worked out that integrated care will need integrated IT. But Ewan Davis doubts they understand how to achieve that – and suggests they should look to Moscow for ideas.
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