Third party needed for open API process
An independent third party should be set up to help accredit third party suppliers to interface with principal GP IT systems, an Intellect Health and Social Care Council member says.
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Open APIs key to future NHS
Interoperability and the opening up of application programme interfaces will be key factors in the NHS Commissioning Board’s vision for the new NHS.
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GPSoC delayed
GP IT faces anxious start to 2013
Primary care IT leaders have expressed concern about the late decisions that are being made on who will be responsible for GP IT in the future.
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Look back, move forward
EHealth Insider asked NHS IT directors, GPs, opinion formers and a patient to look at the state of NHS IT at the end of 2012, and at what 2013 is likely to hold.
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Funding needed for openGPSoC
The people behind a scheme to develop an open source GP clinical system are in talks with providers about raising £3m in funding to kickstart the project.
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Suppliers invited to GPSoC event
Primary care IT suppliers are invited to an event hosted by Intellect and NHS Connecting for Health to discuss the replacement for GP Systems of Choice.
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GPSoC to mandate open APIs
The new GP Systems of Choice contract could force all GP system suppliers to open their Application Programme Interfaces to third party suppliers.
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CSC cannot donate GP code
CSC says that it cannot give away or donate the code for its three primary care software systems without incurring legal obligations.
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NHS CB outlines primary care IT split
GP Systems of Choice will continue to be funded and managed at a national level, while responsibility for hardware and networks, IT support and training will go to clinical commissioning groups.
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