Tower Hamlets goes live with e-SAP
Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust has become the first London trust to implement new electronic Single Assessment Process (e-SAP) software, allowing its NHS and social services staff to share care records electronically. e-SAP is NHS Connecting for Health’s project for joint electronic health and social care assessment and care planning for individuals. In the future […]
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GP wins award for patient record access initiative
Dr Amir Hannan has been awarded this year’s John Perry prize at the British Computer Society’s Primary Healthcare Specialist Group conference in Oxfordshire for his pioneering work in patient record access (PRA) in the UK. The GP and information management and technology lead for Tameside and Glossop PCT won the award for the most important personal […]
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E-learning for foundation doctors launched
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) Publishing Group has launched a new broadband learning service for junior foundation doctors and their clinical tutors. The BMJ Learning Foundation Programme is the first service aimed at helping foundation level 1 and 2 junior doctors with meeting the curriculum requirements of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Department […]
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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, newly published results reveal. Practice by practice figures for the second year of the QoF released by the Welsh Assembly show that all 500 practices in Wales took part in the voluntary scheme and achieved […]
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BT signals interest in more LSP work
BT has declared its interest in taking over any of Accenture’s work under the National Programme for IT, if the consulting giant pulls out of its contracts to provide new systems to trusts in the North-east and Eastern regions. Asked whether BT would be in the running for any contracts if Accenture decided to withdraw, Andy Green, […]
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Keep old records when migrating, BMA warns
GP representatives have issued advice to practices considering moving to central servers, including guidance about migration of patient lists. The British Medical Association’s General Practitioner Committee ‘strongly recommends’ that practices arrange for a recent backup tape to be loaded onto the central server they are considering switching to before committing to the system change so […]
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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 March next year, according to NHS Connecting for Health (CfH). The agency says 97% of GP surgeries have now been connected to the network by N3 contractors BT, potentially benefiting around 48 million patients with […]
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System C to aid Fujitsu in NHS CRS rollout
System C has announced that it has signed a contract with Fujitsu to support its work implementing the NHS Care Records Service in the southern region of England stretching from Kent to Cornwall. The contract, which takes effect immediately, will mean that System C healthcare IT specialist staff will work directly with Fujitsu’s deployment teams […]
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Electronic patient information awards announced
Patient information publications delivered through new media such as DVDs and websites have strongly featured in the results of the British Medical Association’s annual medical book competition. The BMA Patient Information Website Award was given to Aidsmap in a ceremony at BMA House on Monday. The site offers news and medical advice to patients with HIV/AIDS […]
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iSoft’s £82m upfront cash for existing IT revealed
Upfront payments totalling nearly £82m were made to health IT specialists, iSoft, in a complex deal which gave the company money in advance for existing NHS contracts, it has emerged. Health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, defends the arrangement in a letter to Richard Bacon, Conservative MP and leading member of the Public Accounts Committee who has been […]
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