First QMAS system fully approved in NPfIT pilot
The National Programme for IT have rubber-stamped the first clinical software system for use with the new Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS) being piloted this summer. HealthyGP, from Healthy Software, achieved official NPfIT certification for supplying GMS Contract Submissions prior to the formal introduction of the system in April 2005. EMIS is also piloting […]
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EMIS rolls out web-based GP appointment booking
EMIS have nationally launched their own online appointment booking service, EMIS Access, which allows patients to send secure messages or book appointments with their GPs over the web. The website www.patient.co.uk links into the EMIS system; however, GPs’ own websites will also be able to interface with the system. Patients will also be able to […]
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National programme caught in spinal trap
With less than four weeks to go to the first scheduled release from the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), highly credible industry sources suggest that the 27 June deadline for P1R1 (phase one release one) of the programme may be missed or only partially met. P1R1 covers the patient demographic service to be made available […]
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EMIS announces new Alerts Manager
Primary care solutions supplier, EMIS, has announced the launch of a new alerts management system that notifies GPs of actions needed for individual patients, such as blood pressure checks. The company says that EMIS Alerts Manager has been developed to help with everyday practice management and to help GPs meet the requirements of their new […]
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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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EMIS implements single system for three Manchester PCTs
General practice system supplier EMIS has announced that it has completed the successful implementation of PCS Enterprise, its remotely hosted Primary Care Trust (PCT)-wide clinical system, at 34 GP practices within the three Manchester Primary Care Trusts GPs at the 34 Manchester practices, which fall within North, South and Central Manchester PCTs, are using PCS […]
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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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Uncertainty shrouds EMIS negotiations
Almost two months after GP software market leader EMIS first publicly stated that the company would not sign contracts with Local Service Providers there is still no indication of whether the current market leader in primary care clinical systems will participate in the National Programme for IT. Enquires by E-Health Insider over recent weeks to both […]
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FDBE aims to cut drug dosing errors
First DataBank Europe (FDBE) has announced that it is working with the National Patient Safety Agency on a project to improve the safety of patients on drugs requiring unusual dosage regimes. The NPSA, established as a Special Health Authority in July 2001, aims to improve the safety of patients taking oral methotrexate by incorporating new, […]
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