Engagement the priority for new GP clinical leads
Clinical engagement is the key priority for Connecting for Health’s two newly-appointed GP clinical leads. In an interview with EHI Primary Care Dr Peter Short and Dr Manpreet Pujara have outlined their priorities and hopes for their two-year role with CfH. Dr Short said: “What appeals to me is being an advocate for the NHS […]
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GP2GP reaches 3,000 practices milestone
Over 3,000 practices are now able to transfer patient records electronically using GP2GP software upgrades, Connecting for Health has announced. To date, over 64,000 record transfers have taken place, using the GP2GP software upgrades, which enables electronic health records to be transferred directly and securely between sites, if both practices are GP2GP-enabled. The GP2GP roll-out […]
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A work in progress
EHI Primary Care editor Fiona Barr looks back on the developments during 2007 and shape of things to come in 2008.
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PCTs to lead on NHS IMandT development
The NHS operating framework for 2008-2009 says that in the coming year local NHS organisations will be expected to build on the National Programme for IT local ownership programme (NLOP) with PCTs required to “further develop their leadership role”. It states that during the course of the current year “the transfer of resources from central […]
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GP2GP transfer software installed in 2000 practices
Connecting for Health has announced that it has rolled out GP2GP record transfer software to its two thousandth practice and transferred more than 25,000 records using the software. The two milestones for the project mean that nearly one in four English GP practices now has access to GP2GP. So far the rollout only involves practices […]
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Spine to be shut for two day ‘refresh’
Connecting for Health (CfH) and BT have confirmed that the NHS Spine will be unavailable when it is taken down for a major upgrade from next Friday evening until Sunday morning (9-11 November). The Department of Health agency describes the refresh of software and hardware as ‘unusual’ and ‘unlikely’ to occur again in the future. A […]
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EMIS ahead of CfH GP2GP monthly targets
EMIS is ahead of Connecting for Health’s target of having 988 practices trained and installed with GP2GP v1.1 by the end of September 2007, the company has revealed. Version 1.1, allows two way transfers between different systems, and has been piloted by EMIS and INPS practices in Croydon since March. The GP systems supplier now […]
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PRIMIS Plus awarded John Perry Prize
PRIMIS+ has been awarded this year’s John Perry prize at the British Computer Society’s Primary Healthcare Specialist Group conference for innovation and excellence in UK primary care computing. The data quality organisation received the award at the PHCSG’s annual conference last week. Sheila Teasdale, strategic director of PRIMIS+, said the award was recognition of the […]
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Suppliers set routes on the GPSoC roadmap
TPP’s SystmOne and the wide area network version of EMIS PCS should meet Connecting for Health standards for hosted systems by the end of the year, according to their suppliers. The eight suppliers that have been accepted onto the GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) framework have published details of when they expect to achieve the […]
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Conference to focus on patient-controlled records
Patient controlled records will be the focus of the British Computer Society’s Primary Health Care Specialist Group annual conference next week. The PHCSG says the idea that a patient’s health record should be held by a trusted third party, chosen by the patient and then shared with those care providers with whom the patient chooses […]
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