Patients check records for errors
A practical exercise to find out how many errors patients can find in their records and how many entries they would wish to keep out of any shared record is underway at Hadfield, Derbyshire. Dr Richard Fitton, a GP who is a member of England’s Connecting for Health Care Record Development Board and a fervent […]
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Allergies must be Read coded for GP2GP
GPs and practice teams are being advised to record all allergies and sensitivities as Read coded entries to solve a potential problem with GP2GP record transfer. The team working on the introduction of GP2GP, which includes representatives form the joint General Practitioner Committee and Royal College of General Practitioners’ IT committee, have discovered difficulties with […]
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GP2GP goes live
A working version of the long-awaited GP2GP transfer system was demonstrated at the BCS’s Primary Health Care Specialist Group Conference last week. EHI Primary Care was there.
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QoF results publication reveals quality of care
Practice by practice results for the Quality and Outcome Framework for England are being published today although technical problems have delayed the display of information. The results show that the average score for practices in England last year was 958.7 out of a possible 1050. The maximum score of 1,050 points was achieved by 222 practices […]
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EMIS releases nurse prescribing system
GP computing supplier EMIS has released nurse prescribing software and two of the other leading suppliers say they will follow suit this autumn. EMIS released nurse prescribing software this month to 4,500 practices using EMIS LV and the company says 5,100 EMIS practices are now able to offer computer generated nurse prescribing as users of […]
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GP2GP transfer to pilot next month in Gateshead
Nine practices in Gateshead PCT are to become the first in England to pilot GP2GP transfer of records next month. The joint IT committee of the British Medical Association’s GP committee and the Royal College of General Practitioners has given its go ahead for the live implementation of GP2GP record transfer in the PCT. Dr […]
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A new era of choice?
Sean Riddell, deputy managing director of EMIS, examines the current climate five months after the DH announced it would allow GPs a choice of systems in CfH.
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Crossed wires
Despite a bumpy start, the first booking made with IBS over Choose and Book in Wandsworth was a success, EHI Primary Care reports.
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New QMAS software will focus on excluded patients
Changes to the payments software for the Quality and Outcomes Framework mean practices and primary care trusts will be able to check exception reporting details on the system from this autumn. Connecting for Health has announced changes to the functionality of the Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS) including the addition of exception reporting information. […]
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Nurse prescribers lack access to computer systems
Lack of access to computer-generated prescriptions is holding back nurse prescribing according to a report published this week. An evaluation of extended formulary nurse prescribing by Southampton University found that the two factors that made nurse prescribing difficult were the limitations of the formulary and lack of computer-generated prescriptions. The report, commissioned by the Department […]
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