CSC sets up Lorenzo user group
Seven NHS trusts were represented at a new Lorenzo user group meeting intended to give customers a greater influence in shaping the development of the electronic patient record programme.
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New GP data set to assess quality
The NHS Commissioning Board will require every GP to provide a “standardised routine set of data” to help assess their quality and it will be published online.
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NHS Direct starts redundancy talks
More than 1,400 NHS Direct staff risk losing their jobs as the organisation begins a redundancy consultation period.
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CCGs to commission GP IT this month
Clinical commissioning groups are expected to commission GP IT services from commissioning support units or other providers by the end of this month.
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Interest high in EMR deployment
Fifty trusts gathered at Basildon and Thurrock Foundation Trust’s electronic medical record summit this week to hear about how the trust procured and implemented a bespoke EMR.
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Osborne ‘protects’ NHS from austerity
Chancellor George Osborne has once again promised to protect the NHS from the worse of his austerity measures; while acknowledging that it will need to make efficiency savings.
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New patient platform to kickstart SMEs
The new customer service platform being developed by the NHS Commissioning Board will invigorate small and medium-sized enterprises by creating a “market place to beat all market places in healthcare.”
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PageOne alerts in NE London A&E
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals has rolled out a responder smartphone app in A&E to increase communication in emergencies.
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Open standards principles published
All government bodies must comply with new open standards principals designed to make government IT more open, cheaper and better connected.
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Suppliers invited to GPSoC event
Primary care IT suppliers are invited to an event hosted by Intellect and NHS Connecting for Health to discuss the replacement for GP Systems of Choice.
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