IT for primary care
Daloni Carlisle looks ahead to an eHealth Insider round table on the future of primary care, sponsored by iSOFT.
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RCGP sees change in commissioning market
The Royal College of GPs has cast doubt on the ability of GPs to manage commissioning budgets, and predicted they will turn to a ‘consolidated’ market of support functions for assistance.
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Connelly to lead information revolution
The Department of Health’s director general for informatics is to lead the government’s information revolution, according to a letter setting out the next stage of the Liberating the NHS reforms.
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Birmingham OwnHealth in hands of GPs
GPs will decide whether the first telephone-based care management service in the UK should continue.
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Answers and questions
E-Health Insider rounds up reaction to Simon Burns’ ministerial statement on the future – or otherwise – of the National Programme for IT in the NHS.
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NPfIT future is modular and locally-led
The National Programme for IT in the NHS’ centralised approach is “no longer required” and will be replaced with “more locally-led” procurement and a modular approach to deployment.
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EMIS Web receives full roll-out approval
EMIS has received full roll-out approval for EMIS Web, putting it in a position to start a controlled roll-out of the ‘next generation’ product.
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Nuffield Trust calls for integrated care
A single patient record and single joint needs assessment process are among the goals of five health economies working to deliver more integrated care, according to a report from the Nuffield Trust. The health policy charity looked at five areas in England – Torbay, Nottingham, Redbridge, Trafford and Cumbria – where local clinicians and managers […]
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From the consulting room
GP Neil Paul has been working on a Web 2.0 Accelerator Programme – and a major new website that could be used to support soon to be formed GP consortia.
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Record makers
The Summary Care Record is not the only shared record project in town. Sarah Bruce reports on how Hampshire and Birmingham are sharing information using Graphnet technology.
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