PRIMIS CHART e-audit tool launched
An e-audit tool to allow GP practices to assess the quality of their data as part of the IM&T directed enhanced service has been launched by NHS Connecting for Health (CfH). GP practices are being encouraged to download the CHART e-audit tool to benchmark themselves against others and use the results to help focus on […]
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RCGP urges ‘universal and rapid’ SNOMED deployment
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has written to NHS IT director general Richard Granger calling for the "universal and rapid" deployment of the clinical coding system SNOMED. The letter from the RCGP’s Health informatics Standing Group is understood to have been prompted by concerns about the pace of change towards SNOMED CT by […]
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Choose and Book system fails nationally
Unspecified technical problems led to Choose and Book, the NHS’s new national appointment booking service, being unavailable to users for much of yesterday. According to service bulletins issued yesterday NHS Connecting for Health, the agency responsible for the electronic booking system: “The Choose and Book system is currently experiencing degraded service. Users of the system […]
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Electronic toolkit to be an asset in stroke care
A new electronic toolkit which aims to cut the number of strokes and provide better services for those who do experience one has been launched by the Department of Health. Action on Stroke Services Evaluation Toolkit 2 (Asset 2) is a web-based programme guide covering four key areas of stroke management, and can be used […]
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iSoft says recovery now underway
iSoft today said it has begun a "regeneration programme", stabilised its position and is ahead of schedule on stripping costs out of the business. The health software firm announced better than expected half-year results with pre-tax losses of £14.3m in the six months to 31 October, with revenues down 11.6%. The software company said that […]
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GPSoC delivery goes local in IT devolution
Local NHS organisations will be required to draw up plans showing how they will deliver GP Systems of Choice implementation under new arrangements announced today. Primary care trusts, as commissioners, will be required to have their own comprehensive IM&T plan and work with all providers in their local health communities to align IM&T plans to […]
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NHS plan signals shift to local IT ownership
A sharp shift of responsibility for NHS IM&T in England from the centre to local organisations is signalled in the service’s new plan for 2007-8 published today. ‘The NHS in England: the operating framework for 2007-8’ was launched by NHS chief executive, David Nicholson, who says in his foreword: “We are devolving power from the […]
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Concern over slow progress in acute sector
A board paper written for the largest NHS trust in England says that its region of the National Programme for IT does not have a roadmap for delivering an electronic care record. The report, submitted to Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, by director of informatics, Brian Derry and his deputy, Alastair Cartwright, in October says: […]
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IC and Newchurch partner to provide info services
The Information Centre for health and social care has announced a new partnership with commercial health information consultancy, Newchurch. The partnership’s aim is to develop products and services to provide local health communities with the tools needed to support commissioning, investment, public health and risk management. The work will primarily focus on four key analytical […]
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HCA International publishes outcomes data
HCA International, London’s leading private hospital company, says it has become the first in the independent sector to publish outcome data. The group have published an ‘HCA Quality Report’ showing how their hospital group performs in comparison to its rivals for its six hospitals and two outpatient centres including the Harley Street Clinic and the […]
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