Five priorities for primary care IT
Grassroots GP Dr Neil Paul outlines the five priorities for NHS IT that have been identified in his area.
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BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008: the finalists
Liverpool IM&T manager honoured
Kate Warriner, Liverpool Primary Care Trust’s IM&T primary care programme manager, has been awarded this year’s John Perry Prize by the British Computer Society’s Primary Healthcare Specialist Group. The prize, which is awarded yearly if there is an outstanding contribution to primary care computing, was given to Warriner for a series of projects around shared […]
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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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Practices urged to decide on systems by year end
Connecting for Health (CfH) wants all GP practices in England to decide whether they want to stick with their existing IT system or switch to another clinical system supplier by the end of the year. The IT agency announced on Friday that it had signed agreements with five of the eight suppliers who are taking […]
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GPs say N3 slow speeds limiting use of systems
GPs are reporting more problems with N3 connections and system speeds which they say are affecting their ability to run both Connecting for Health applications and local surgery systems. The problems appear to be particularly acute for practices with branch surgeries. In Kent Dr Stephen Meech’s Maidstone practice has a 1MB connection which he has […]
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EMIS becomes first GP supplier to commit to CUI
Primary care systems supplier EMIS is to become the first major clinical software vendor to the health service to incorporate elements of the new NHS Common User Interface (CUI), developed by Microsoft on behalf of Connecting for Health, into its software. EMIS revealed to EHI Primary Care last week that it will incorporate components of […]
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EMIS Web to be rolled out to 1,000 practices
GP computer supplier EMIS is to roll out the next generation of its primary care software, EMIS Web, to 1,000 practices from this month. The company says EMIS Web will provide a common clinical record that can be shared by GPs and community healthcare teams with data accessible anywhere via the web-based application. The aim […]
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