Six Dorset practices added to SCR pilots
Dorset Primary Care Trust has announced staff at six more local GP practices will start to use the NHS Summary Care Record this week. The six GP practices – Milton Abbas, Gillingham, Newland in Sherborne, Cranborne, Swanage and Wool, will begin work on switching to the SCR this week. The Dorset practices form part of […]
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NCR to launch patient kiosks in Europe
The Adventist Healthcare Solution Kiosk A new touch-screen kiosk is to be launched in Europe by self-service specialist NCR, designed to simplify the checking in and out procedures for patients. MediKiosk, a self-service machine which interfaces with hospital information systems and collects clinical information from patients prior to an appointment, is to be piloted by […]
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No GP systems in Fujitsu’s NHS contract
Fujitsu, local service provider for the Southern Programme for IT, is not yet contracted to supply a GP system but £105.9m is to be spent to include such a requirement, the latest National Audit Office report reveals. The NAO investigation into the national NHS IT programme found that the project was running at least four […]
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Reflection needed on SCR report says director
The clinical director for the Summary Care Record has called for a period of reflection in the wake of the publication of the independent evaluation of the SCR. Dr Gillian Braunold, clinical director for the SCR and HealthSpace, said that while the SCR team was keen “to try and get on with this” it was […]
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Evaluating SCR options
A busy summer lies ahead as the implications of the evaluation of the Summary Care Record are considered, Fiona Barr reports.
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EMIS launches care integration projects
GP systems supplier EMIS has announced two new projects which will help to ensure care is fully informed and correctly delivered. Using their web-based software EMIS Web, the company is launching pilots, focused on integrating its primary care records software with other systems in two locations. In Gateshead, out-of-hours staff using Adastra systems will be […]
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Urgent review of SCR consent model recommended
The independent evaluation of the Summary Care Record has recommended an urgent review of its implied consent model and questioned whether a national system should be rejected in favour of a series of linked smaller systems.
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Wales extends use of emergency care record
Informing Healthcare, the Welsh NHS IT agency, has announced that it is to pilot an extension of the emergency care record, officially titled the Individual Health Record (IHR), to include use in a hospital medical admissions units. From next week, Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust, who piloted the initial system, will test the expanded component in […]
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Pharmacists may get access to patient care records
The government has announced it will investigate how community pharmacy access to the NHS Care Records Service could be achieved. The news comes despite BMA concerns about the impact on patient confidentiality of extending access to an additional professional group working in the commercial sector. The newly-published white paper on community pharmacy, Pharmacy in England: […]
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Northern Ireland launches Emergency Care Record
Northern Ireland health minister, Michael McGimpsey, has launched the Northern Ireland Emergency Care Record – a new emergency care project for patients attending A&E and out-of-hours services. The Southern Health and Social Care Trust will be the first in Northern Ireland to introduce the NI Emergency Care Record (NIECR). Based on the Scottish Emergency Care […]
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