Resarchers underline need for access to records
Leading researchers have appealed to Connecting for Health to put in place better communication methods so that patients understand why and how their medical data could be used for clinical research. Addressing the Commons Health Select Committee, Professor Simon Wessely of Academy of Medical Sciences, Mark Walport of the Wellcome Trust and Professor Carol Dezateux […]
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Suffolk trusts deploy VoIP over N3 network
Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust and Suffolk Primary Care Trust have deployed a new voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system to be used with a new Cisco unified communications system provided by Cisilion. The new integrated network will operate across the NHS N3 network – the NHS’s private network – linking 200 hospitals, clinics and […]
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Additional suppliers catalogue tender released
Connecting for Health has today issued its tender for bids to join the catalogue of ‘additional systems suppliers’. The tender in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) for an ‘Additional Supply Capability and Capacity (ASCC) Framework Agreement’ is open to a maximum of 500 suppliers, for a period of up to four years. […]
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Agreement reached on CHIA replacement
Ten London primary care trusts using BT’s troubled interim child health system have agreed to move to CSE-Servelec’s RiO solution for child health, on condition BT meets a series of risk mitigation requirements by August. The decision means that some of the PCTs may have to continue using the Child Health Interim Application (CHIA) for […]
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Exercising Choice
When Connecting for Health appointed its GP clinical leads two years ago, there were three big issues on the primary care IT agenda: consent and confidentiality, Choose and Book and systems choice.
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Over 21000 patients search QoF data
Patients have carried out more than 21,000 searches of GP practice data from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) in the last six months. QoF data for England has been available for patients to search since September via a patient-friendly site produced by the Information Centre (IC). The site enables patients to access their own […]
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500th practice goes live with SystmOne GP system
StowHealth Centre has become the 500th practice to go live with the SystmOne integrated GP record system provided by TPP (The Phoenix Partnership) and delivered by the CSC Alliance for NHS Connecting for Health. The new GP system, which provides a shared GP clinical record, will support the delivery of care for the 15,500 […]
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Derbyshire GPs say information poor on system choice
GPs in Derbyshire whose practices have switched to the GP clinical system TPP offered by their local service provider (LSP) have claimed they were not well informed about available choices for system change. In a survey carried out by Derbyshire Local Medical Committee information about system choice scored worst out of the ten areas covered […]
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Long Eaton Health Centre implements VoIP system
Long Eaton Health Centre, an all-in-one clinic in Derbyshire County PCT has gone live with a new Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony system from NEC Philips Unified Solutions. The SOPHO 2000 IPS will provide Long Eaton with a hybrid IP communications infrastructure allowing a smooth migration towards fully scalable native IP telephony, saving the […]
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CSC delivers seven new systems in North East and East
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has announced that it deployed seven new IT systems to GP practices and healthcare community settings, in the first two weeks of taking over responsibility as local service provider for the NHS IT programme in the North East and East of England. Rotherham Primary Care Trust in South Yorkshire has gone […]
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