GP2GP reaches 1m transfer milestone
NHS Connecting for Health has announced that 1 million records have now been transferred using its GP2GP record transfer system. CfH said that the project reached the 1milestone in February, and predicted that the number of GP practices involved and the number of systems enabled to use the system would both grow later in the […]
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iSoft Synergy to start GP2GP testing
Progress on the GP2GP electronic records transfer programme remains on track with plans to start testing iSoft’s Synergy system at the end of this month, the BCS Primary Health Care Specialist Group heard. If testing goes to plan on the roadmap published by NHS Connecting for Health, Synergy will join Emis’ LV and INPS’ Vision […]
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CSC to supply SystmOne under GPSoC
Computer Sciences Corporation has signed a framework agreement with NHS Connecting for Health to supply TPP’s SystmOne under the GP Systems of Choice initiative. SystmOne has also been approved as meeting CfH’s standards for a hosted solution. The signing of the framework agreement with CfH marks the end of a long period of negotiations with CSC […]
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Safety focus at BCSPHSG conference
Patient safety when using interoperable systems and sharing data will come under the spotlight at the British Computer Society’s Primary Health Care Specialist’s Group summer conference later this month. Speakers from NHS Connecting for Health will seek to outline how patient safety is being addressed across the National Programme for IT and there will also […]
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GP2GP hits half a million transfers
More than 500,000 electronic patient records have now been transferred between GP practices using GP2GP software, NHS Connecting for Health has announced. The achievement of 500,000 record transfers between practices is the latest milestone for the project which covers more than 5,000 GP practices in England. The scheme currently only involves practices using EMIS LV […]
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GP2GP milestone reached
More than 5,000 GP practices are now using GP2GP software to transfer electronic records, NHS Connecting for Health has announced. The latest uptake figures for the CfH project cover practices using EMIS LV and INPS Vision 3 clinical systems, the only two GP systems currently accredited for GP2GP. CfH said that reaching 5,000 GP practices […]
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Making a Detailed Care Record a reality
Tony Megaw, head of primary care IT for NHS Yorkshire and the Humber, tells Fiona Barr how a primary care Detailed Care Record has been delivered.
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That was the year in primary care IT
Informatics Planning Guidance for primary care
Local health communities must fix a two-year timeline for the full roll-out of the NHS Summary Care Record and move to National Programme for IT in the NHS solutions for community services, the government has said. Informatics Planning Guidance issued today alongside the Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2009-10 makes it clear that […]
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PRIMIS+ moves to NHS Information Centre
Responsibility for the data quality organisation PRIMIS+ is to move from NHS Connecting for Health to the NHS Information Centre from the beginning of next year. PRIMIS+ has a four year contract with CfH to provide data quality and information management training and support to NHS staff, but the contract will be transferred to the […]
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