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16 November 2006

BMA issues new guidance on NHS CRS

The BMA Chairman has written to all BMA members to provide them with guidance on the NHS Care Records Service
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27 October 2006

Choice questions dropped in survey dispute

Questions for patients on the choice element of the Choose and Book incentive scheme have been dropped from a national
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13 October 2006

Granger compares BMA to the National Union of Miners

NHS IT boss Richard Granger has compared the British Medical Association to the National Union of Mineworkers, describing the influential
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19 September 2006

No mistake

Misspelt electronic records can have serious effects. Daloni Carlisle looks at the results of a three-year initiative to test the
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14 September 2006

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
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14 September 2006

Electronic patient information awards announced

  Patient information publications delivered through new media such as DVDs and websites have strongly featured in the results of
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7 September 2006

New group will promote patient access to records

A group has been set up to raise awareness of patient record access nationally and internationally and increase the take-up
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15 August 2006

BMA implements single sign-on system

The British Medical Association have implemented an enterprise-wide single sign-on (ESSO) system to simplify login procedures for staff working in
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31 July 2006

Attachment problems thwart GP2GP transfers

Practices involved in the pilot sites for GP2GP record transfer are unable to send attachments electronically because of problems with
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19 July 2006

Cayton to lead summary records taskforce

Patients’ ‘tsar’ and chair of the Care Records Development Board, Harry Cayton, will lead the taskforce set up to help
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