24 more PCTs lined up for EPS R2
A further 24 primary care trusts are to be authorised to take part in Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service from February next year.
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GPs told check consent for SCR add-ons
GP practices that have added additional information to Summary Care Records without explicit patient consent have been told to gain consent or remove the information as soon as possible. NHS Connecting for Health has written to primary care trusts outlining the need for practices to gain explicit consent for any enrichment of the SCR, following the […]
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Choose and Book Release 5.0 unveiled
NHS Connecting for Health has released the latest version of Choose and Book, saying it is more intuitive and will save time for hospitals, GPs and patients.
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Coding for Success makes slow progress
A review of the impact of a report calling for the wider use of coding and tracking technologies in the NHS has concluded that “overall progress has been a little slower than expected.”
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Summary Care Record given go-ahead
The Summary Care Record is to go ahead, but its content will be limited to core information and an opt-out form will be included in patient information packs.
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Trusts told to plan for end of McAfee
Trusts are being told that the Enterprise Agreement signed with McAfee after the HMRC debacle is unlikely to be renewed.
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CfH sets Microsoft licence deadline
NHS Connecting for Health has told trusts they have until the end of October to confirm how many Microsoft products they have – or risk facing compliance liability issues.
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DH scraps Novell enterprise agreement
The Department of Health has announced that it is axing the Enterprise wide Agreement that the NHS has with Novell. The move follows the decision to scrap the bigger EwA that the health service had with Microsoft in July, and suggests that similar deals could be scrapped as they fall due for renewal. NHS Connecting […]
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Kainos eDischarge passes ITK tests
Kainos has announced that the electronic discharge summary solution that it has been developing with Ipswich Hospitals NHS Trust has passed NHS Connecting for Health’s Interoperability Toolkit proof of concept trials. Kainos formed a consortium with Intersystems to take part in the PoC for electronic discharge summary solutions. Although it was not mandatory for the […]
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GP2GP to take in CTV3 systems
More GP systems will be accredited for GP2GP record transfer in the next two years, and these will include systems that use CTV3 coding, according to NHS Connecting for Health. In an interview to update EHI Primary Care on the progress of GP2GP since the project won the intereperability prize in last year’s E-Health Insider Awards in […]
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