Informing Healthcare announce next Wales OOH sites
Patients in north-west Wales and south-west Wales will be the next to benefit from improved information sharing between GP practices and the local out-of-hours service.
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EMIS supplies white label software for pilot
GP system supplier, Emis is supporting a key part of Wales’ Informing Healthcare programme by providing the company’s software on a ‘white label’ basis for the first time. My Health Online – the new health website for Wales – is using software designed by Emis to facilitate the trial of new patient services such as […]
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Graphnet complete Gwent out-of-hours pilot
Graphnet has completed deployment of a new Out of Hours system that will extract demographic patient records from the majority of 96 GP practices in Gwent, South Wales. Over 70 of the 96 GP practices in Gwent have started sharing information with the out-of-hours (OOH) service, making nearly 400,000 records available. Informing Healthcare say this […]
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Welsh want to contact GPs online
Almost four out of five internet users would like to be able to contact their GP practice online, according to a survey conducted in Wales. Informing Healthcare, the Welsh NHS IT programme, questioned 313 internet users in July and August this year about how they would like to use the internet for healthcare. A total […]
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iSoft progress with GP contracts
iSoft says it is making progress in the primary care sector, after completing its GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) contract and finalising contracts with 20 Local Health Boards (LHBs) in Wales. The company is now offering its Synergy and Premiere solutions to any English PCT through the GPSoC contract. LHBs in Wales can choose between […]
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Online access to patient information in Wales
Gateway technology is to be evaluated over the coming months to see if it can be used by NHS Wales to support patients’ online access to health services. The intention is to create online access to services such as repeat prescription requesting or appointment booking at GP practices, according to Informing Healthcare, Wales’ NHS IT […]
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International spotlight on Wales’ health IT
Experts from around the world are to gather in Cardiff later this month for a conference focused on the development of health and information technology in Wales. The invitation-only conference, IAG 2007 on 20-21 September will be hosted by Informing Healthcare, the Welsh Assembly Government’s programme to improve patient care with the better use of information technology. […]
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Wales begins electronic referrals trial
Two GP practices in Wales are to take part in a trial of an electronic referral system which will be extended across the country if it proves successful. The system, based on the Scottish Clinical information (SCI) Gateway which has been used in Scotland for several years, enables practices to send electronic messages securely to hospitals. […]
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Diabetic patients pilot new shared health records
Diabetic patients in Carmarthenshire, Wales are piloting new electronic health records which will share all information about their care and check-ups by GPs and specialists. Informing Healthcare, the Welsh Assembly Government programme for NHS IT, has created the shared electronic diabetes record to bring all the patient’s information together so that the whole treatment history […]
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Welsh health IT ‘Wizards’ set different path to England
The NHS Wales IT agency Informing Healthcare has announced that it has successfully deployed its first system, an out-of-hours GP summary care record system launched in December. The GP out-of-hours system in Gwent was implemented by Graphnet Health working together with Adastra software. The project which took six months cost just £200,000. The Graphnet developed summary care […]
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