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IT crucial for full engagement, report argues
The NHS needs to make greater use of information and web 2.0 technologies if individuals are to engage more with their health and healthcare, the King’s Fund think-tank has argued. In a report on a round-table involving policy, health service and IT experts, the King’s Fund says the health service needs to adopt new technologies […]
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TPP launches SystmOnline self-service
PCTs increase Choose and Book incentives
A London PCT is to pay its GPs £3.50 for every referral made under Choose and Book as trusts step up their efforts to improve take–up of Choose and Book.
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GP seeks greater urgency on interoperability
A GP who has pioneered record sharing between GP and community teams wants to see local service providers giving interoperability a higher priority. Dr Kambiz Boomla’s practice was the first surgery in London to trial EMIS Web, the common clinical record system from GP IT supplier EMIS. But he says plans to interoperate with hospital […]
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EMIS to launch customisable homepage
GP computer supplier EMIS is planning to launch a personalised home page for patients from which they will be able to view their medical record, patient information, health news and any other internet content they want to add. The start page, which is based on similar tools such as iGoogle, will offer patients the chance […]
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DH backs away from 084 telephone ban
The Department of Health has no immediate plans to ban use of 084 numbers in the NHS, health minister Ben Bradshaw has indicated. In a letter to Rob Marris MP, the health minister gave no indication that the use of such numbers by GP practices and organisations such as NHS Direct would be prohibited. Instead […]
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Patient’s awareness of treatment choices stalls
The latest national patient choice survey shows little growth in awareness of the government’s flagship policy on choice with less than one in two patients recalling being offered a choice of hospital.
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How CfH could make my day
In his latest column grassroots GP Dr Neil Paul offers suggestions to Connecting for Health on making GPs’ lives easier.
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Trusts told to release slots to Choose and Book
NHS trusts have been criticised for failing to provide enough outpatient appointments slots on Choose and Book – and told to improve matters. Nick Chapman, national director of Choose and Book and the Department of Health’s senior responsible officer for Choose and Book, last week sent a strongly worded letter to strategic health authority chief […]
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