C&B incentives drop but use is steady
Less than a quarter of primary care trusts now pay GPs for using Choose and Book, according to latest figures. Information released to GP magazine Pulse under the Freedom of Information Act shows that out of 129 PCTs who responded, 33 were offering GP practices a Choose and Book local enhanced service scheme in 2010-11, […]
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Cegedim Rx gets EPS R2 roll out approval
Pharmacy system supplier Cegedim Rx has become the first supplier to receive roll-out approval for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service.
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Cundy advises mass SCR opt-out
A former chair of the BMA’s GP IT committee is advising GPs to automatically opt-out all patients from the Summary Care Record.
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London looks for new deal with Microsoft
Chief information officers and IT directors in London are hoping to explore a capital-wide deal with Microsoft following the termination of the company’s Enterprise-wide Agreement with the NHS. Sources have told E-Health Insider that at a general meeting in London last week there was a “huge amount of disgruntlement” about the decision not to renew […]
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BT completes deals for 25 RiO sites
BT has finalised the contracts for the 25 RiO sites across the South of England that formed part of the extended contract that it signed with NHS Connecting for Health last year.
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Almost £100m spent on fast-growing SCR
Almost £100m has been spent on the Summary Care Record programme to date, and new figures have shown that 200,000 SCRs were created in just seven days in June, when it was supposedly under review.
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INPS wants Vision 360 to be GP system
INPS is to seek NHS Connecting for Health accreditation for its Vision 360 data hub as a GP system.
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SCR evaluation finds few benefits
The final report of a three year evaluation of the Summary Care Record has found that it has yet to deliver significant benefits, despite “high cost and enormous effort.”
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Derby City leads on breast imaging
Only one of England’s 82 local breast screening programmes is fully integrated with its local PACS – but other sites are making progress, UKRC 2010 heard this week.
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EMIS Web First of type testing begins
EMIS Web has begun first of type testing at GP practices in England, healthcare IT supplier EMIS has announced.
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