iSoft Synergy clears Scottish accreditation hurdle
iSoft has announced that it has achieved the Scottish Enhanced Functionality accreditation for its Synergy Enterprise application for GPs and other primary care providers. The software was tested in six key areas of functionality including serial dispensing, emergency care summary, diabetes and nurse prescribing. iSoft says the next planned development will be to gain e-pharmacy […]
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Second GP2GP record transfer pilot live
The second live trial of GP2GP has successfully completed the electronic transfer of a patient’s health care record from between practices running In Practice Systems primary care software, NHS Connecting for Health has announced. The patient health care record was electronically transferred from Cowes Health Centre to Grove House Surgery on the Isle of Wight, […]
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GP-to-GP record transfer roll-out slows
The second pilot site for GP2GP transfer of patient records is due to get underway next week but rollout of the full scheme to all practices in England could take longer than expected. In Practice Systems has completed testing of its GP2GP solution with Connecting for Health and its pilot, involving eight practices on the […]
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No money for GPs to enter records in NCRS
GPs will receive no additional funding for the entry of patient records to the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS) or to correct coding conversion errors, according to a government health minister. Liam Byrne, junior health minister with responsibility for social care , said in a written parliamentary answer last week that GPs were already funded […]
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GP2GP transfers deferred from 2006-07 DES
Electronic GP2GP transfers of patient records will not be part of the coming year’s direct enhanced service (DES) for information technology as originally proposed. Connecting for Health’s (CfH) primary care clinical lead, Professor Mike Pringle said that, though the pilots testing the transfers were going well, the process could not be pushed. “When it gets […]
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GP contract IM&T incentives announced
GPs are to be offered incentives worth up to £70m in total across England to embrace NHS information and management technology changes. There will also be extra money to implement choice and booking. The proposed changes to the national GPs’ contract, which are due to take effect from 1 April 2006, were published today. The investment […]
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GPs urged to accept ETP software
GPs are to be asked to accept software for electronic transmission of prescriptions as soon as possible as part of a Department of Health (DH) drive for rapid adoption of the service. John Bacon, the DH’s Group Director of Health and Social Care Delivery, and the senior responsible officer for the National Programme for IT, […]
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Choose to stay
Most general practices would be better off sticking with their existing systems, says Ewan Davis, chair of the Primary Health Care Specialist Group at the British Computer Society.
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First live GP2GP record transfer
The first live electronic transfer of a patient’s record between GPs using GP2GP record transfer has occurred under the NHS National Programme for IT. A full patient record was transferred between the Whickam Heath Centre practice to the Chainbridge House practice, both in Gateshead on Tyneside, via the NHS spine. The transfer was made between two […]
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Correcting for health
EHI Primary Care looks at Connecting for Health’s work in updating health IT in prisons, and progress in a similar scheme in Ireland.
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