CfH to crack down on C&B ‘misuse’
NHS Connecting for Heath is hoping to crack down on the misuse of Choose and Book through new guidance that will be published in the next few weeks.
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Newcastle makes switch to Cerner
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has successfully gone live with its new Cerner Millennium hospital information system.
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N3 Voice Services reaches 100th site
N3 Voice Services is due to implement its 100th N3 VoIP site today. Len Chard, NHS Connecting for Health’s programme head of N3, said the milestone showed how the service had developed since the NHS’ broadband network was VoIP-enabled in July 2007. “N3 Voice has not been very high profile since then, but over the […]
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Toolkit to nail interoperability – Jones
The new NHS interoperability toolkit has the potential to drive down the cost of interoperability and innovation, according to the Department of Health’s chief technology officer.
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DH seeks views on replacement for QMAS
The Department of Health is considering replacing the Quality, Management and Analysis System used for calculating Quality and Outcomes Framework payments. The DH and NHS Connecting for Health said they want a more flexible calculating and reporting system, which would collect information on more GP payments. QMAS is widely recognised as one of CfH’s success stories. […]
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Dr Maureen Baker, Caldicott Guardian for NHS Connecting for Health, outlines new guidance on the use of the Personal Demographics Service.
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NHSmail promises bigger mailboxes
Many NHSmail users could see the size of their mailbox doubled in response to feedback about the service, which will also move onto Microsoft’s newest Exchange platform next year. Some 80% of NHSmail accounts were capped at 200Mb at the end of 2007, in preparation for the service’s move off its Mirapoint platform and onto […]
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Region-wide SCR campaigns discussed
NHS Connecting for Health is hoping to launch region-wide public information campaigns for the Summary Care Record programme. CfH’s SCR team has been given ministerial approval to investigate NHS interest in much wider-scale publicity programmes than have been run so far. Dr Gillian Braunold, clinical lead for the SCR programme, said wider public information campaigns would […]
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RCGP sets out principles for SEPRs
The Royal College of General Practitioners has published a report on the implementation and use of shared electronic patient records systems (SEPRs) in primary care. ‘Informing Shared Clinical Care’, which was commissioned by NHS Connecting for Health, details 16 key principles that it says should be “the first step” towards creating guidelines for SEPRs. It […]
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