Joint guidance issued on GP system choice
Definitive guidance on the issue of choice of practice systems has been issued which makes it plain that practices should not be forced to switch to a new system until "a clearly better alternative" is available together with a proven route to migration. The new guidance has been jointly produced by the joint IT committee of the […]
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EMIS predicts signing deals with three LSPs
Primary care systems supplier EMIS has said that is confident that EMIS products and services will be available “working via LSPs alongside the NPfIT” in at least three of the five clusters of the national programme. The company has issued no details of the nature of the agreements it expects to reach with the three […]
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Hextall says details on PACS and legacy imminent
The chief operating officer for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has promised that details of the national programme’s approach to both legacy systems and the procurement of picture archiving and storage systems (PACS) will be published in the next few weeks. In an exclusive interview with E-Health Insider Gordon Hextall, chief operating officer for […]
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GP choice in IT systems debated
A senior officer from the National Programme for IT said he would have failed and the programme would have failed if a GP was asked to move to an inferior IT system. Duncan McNeil, director of the Design Authority, made his statement at Healthcare Computing 2004 as the last word in a question and answer […]
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Data spine key to Patient’s Passport, say Tories
Under a Conservative government the NHS Care Record Service would become the key tool enabling the introduction of the proposed Patient’s Passport initiative under which patients could choose between a range of health service providers taking their funding with them. In an interview with E-Health Insider shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley, said that a future […]
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Calculating the final bill
Anyone who reads the Times will be familiar with their ‘dine out for a tenner’ deals. Top London restaurants offer cheap deals on stripped-down menus, while banking that once they’ve got you in the door and you’ve drunk your complimentary glass of fizz you’ll start ordering a la carte and racking up a big bill. […]
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EMIS dispute heats up
The dispute between EMIS and the National Programme for IT became increasingly heated this week with the EMIS National User Group encouraging members to write to their MP to express their concerns about the National Programme; and NHS IT Director General Richard Granger appearing to criticise EMIS’s systems. With almost 60% of GPs using EMIS […]
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EMIS refuses to sign-up with LSPs
EMIS the largest supplier of GP systems in the UK has announced that it will not sign contracts in their current form with any of Local Service Providers (LSPs) appointed to deliver the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). Dr David Stables, medical director of EMIS, told E-Health Insider that EMIS remained “basically very supportive of […]
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Europe’s largest healthcare e-market created
D.Logistics AG of Germany and Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC have announced that they are to merge their respective European operations, PLC GmbH (PLC) and Global Healthcare Exchange BVBA, to create a single electronic marketplace for European healthcare. D. Logistics and GHX LLC will each own 50 percent of the newly formed company, which will be […]
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Internet has blown away library walls
The Internet has blown away the walls of libraries as effectively as Semtex, Dr Muir Gray, director of the National electronic Library for Health, told a conference of NHS IT and informatics professionals in London this week. But the new online world leaves those seeking information about health with a choice of literally thousands of […]
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