Another view: of the GP IT market
With his local CCG offering to pay for an e-triage system, our columnist Neil Paul, explores what this could mean for the GP IT market.
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Social prescribing ‘should be added to GP IT systems to go green’
Social prescribing could lead to better health outcomes and more environmentally aware patients, according to the British Medical Association.
Clinical Software
Another view: of IT knowledge in primary care
In his latest column for Digital Health, Neil Paul discusses whether a campaign to improve the IT knowledge in primary care is needed.
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Hancock pledges to shake-up GP IT systems with new framework
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced a number of changes will be made under the GP IT Futures framework.
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NHS Digital tests waters for new £450m GP IT framework
NHS Digital has published a prior information notice for the new Digital Care Services framework, which will replace the outgoing GPSoC agreement.
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NHS England launches £45m funding for GP online consultation system
The future of primary care has to be ‘way more technology enabled’ according to head of general practice development at NHS England, Dr Robert Varnam.
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GP IT funding increased by 18 per cent
Clinical commissioning groups are getting an 18% increase in GP IT funding and must provide all practices with technology allowing remote access to patient records within this financial year, a new report has said.
Infrastructure
Digital Health interview: Ali Parsa
Kim Thomas talks to Ali Parsa, the former chief executive of Circle, and leader of Babylon Health; a company with big plans to disrupt healthcare by offering services over and app and by automating them using AI.
Digital Patient
Open your APIs: GPSoC’s integration project two years on
The latest GP Systems of Choice contract required principal GP system suppliers to open up to new players. Two years on, news editor Rebecca McBeth looks at what has been achieved and what remains work in progress.
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Patient record access: March target likely to be met
All GPs will be able to offer patients online access to their ‘detailed coded record’ by the end of the month, GP IT system suppliers have said.
Digital Patient