CCG roadmap target a ‘tall order’
The chairman of the BMA’s GP committee believes that it is a “very tall order” to expect clinical commissioning groups to deliver digital roadmaps for their local health economy by April 2016.
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Care.data on hold again
Controversial patient data collection programme care.data has been put on hold again while a review of the opt-out model is completed.
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Bryant puts paperless future on CCGs
Clinical commissioning groups have overall responsibility for delivering a paperless NHS by 2020 and will manage any funding made available to support this ambition, NHS England has said.
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Hunt pushes on intelligent transparency
A quarter of smartphone users will be accessing their medical records by 2018, CCGs will be publishing new ratings, and the NHS will have taken further steps to restore public confidence in data and security, the health secretary has promised.
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CCGs must plot IT roadmaps by April
Clinical commissioning groups must submit digital roadmaps to NHS England by April next year, outlining how they will “eradicate the use of paper in the treatment of patients across all health and care services in their region by 2020.”
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‘Diagnostic cloud’ for NW London
Healthcare providers in North West London have created a single diagnostic record for their patients using Sunquest ICE.
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West Midlands CCGs axe 111 procurement
Sixteen clinical commissioning groups in the West Midlands have abandoned their procurement of an NHS 111 service after failing to attract an acceptable bid.
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Dashboard tracks drug data across CCGs
NHS England has updated its dashboard to encourage clinical commissioning groups to improve the use of medicines.
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Cornwall GPs follow Guru
A patient record sharing scheme in Cornwall has gone county-wide with all GPs signed up to share their information using Microtest’s Guru.
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West Suffolk telemedicine pilot at risk
West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group has pulled out of a partnership with West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust to pilot a telemedicine service, putting the project at risk.
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