QicSCRIPT upgraded for medicine use reviews
Pharmacy software solution QicSCRIPT has been upgraded with appointment scheduling and patient identification systems so that pharmacists can deal with Medicines Use Reviews (MURs) under their new contract. QicSCRIPT’s new system allows pharmacists to scan their records and identify the most appropriate candidates for review. The patients are then contacted to have their medication checked […]
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New version of C+B supports ‘extended’ choice
GPs are expected to offer patients the option to choose from a national menu of NHS hospitals and private providers from this week either manually or via Choose and Book software, according to latest Department of Health (DH) guidance. A new version of the Choose and Book software has been issued alongside guidance from the DH spelling […]
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EMIS Access passes 100,000 appointments
Primary care systems provider EMIS has announced that its Access online appointments booking systems has reached two milestones. Latest figures show that two years since it was launched online bookings have passed 100,000, and there have been more than 50,000 requests for repeat prescriptions on the system. According to figures from EMIS 559 GP surgeries […]
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GPC concerned over local C+B implementation problems
Local implementation problems could cause practices to miss the next targets for Choose and Book but GPs should not lose out financially, GP representatives are arguing. The British Medical Association’s General Practitioner Committee says practices should still be entitled to the money available under the directed enhanced service (DES) for choice and booking if technical […]
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Space programme
One of the most intriguing aspects of the NHS IT programme is the HealthSpace project, the online patient portal. Daloni Carlisle reports on how the patient access project is progressing.
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GPs demand ‘urgent action’ on GPASS
Leading GP IT representatives have written to Scottish health minister Andy Kerr to demand urgent action to improve the GPASS computer system. The letter sent by the chairs of the joint IT committee of the Royal College of General Practitioners and the General Practitioner Committee claims GPASS is not fit for purpose, is putting patient […]
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OmegaIP releases lone worker system
OmegaIP has released a phone-based lone worker protection system aimed at health and social care staff that allows users to discreetly alert others if they are in danger as well as synchronise with their appointments calender. The Lone Worker system (seen right on a PDA emulation) can be set to call the user’s mobile every […]
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City and Hackney PCT chooses iPlato
City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust (tPCT) has launched a mobile phone text appointment reminder service for patients attending its screened services. The technology behind the service is being provided using the Patient Care Messaging application supplied by mobile healthcare applications specialist iPlato. The company already provides a range of text appointment reminder services […]
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Authorities flag up problems ahead for C+B plans
Health authorities have until the middle of March to submit plans for meeting the government’s Choose and Book targets but some are already highlighting major threats to the achievement of the milestones. Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority has put its chances of achieving the Choose and Book targets at ‘red status’ and highlighted the […]
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London child health system led to vaccination problems
Problems with the introduction of a new child health information system, provided under NHS Connecting for Health to ten PCTs in North London and Essex, have created difficulties in identifying which infants and children are due for jabs, issuing vaccination calls and recording whether they have received them. According to a report in the Observer […]
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