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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Practices urged to decide on systems by year end
Connecting for Health (CfH) wants all GP practices in England to decide whether they want to stick with their existing IT system or switch to another clinical system supplier by the end of the year. The IT agency announced on Friday that it had signed agreements with five of the eight suppliers who are taking […]
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Lessons learned
Southern England, perhaps more than any other region, has produced a mixed picture of NHS IT modernisation. Senior executives from local service provider, Fujitsu, explain the real situation as they see it.
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EMIS deal for London on cards
Primary care system supplier EMIS looks likely to be included as part of the local service provider solution for London. GP practices in London will have the option of INPS’s Vision 4 or EMIS, subject to the conclusion of contract negotiations. Kevin Jarrold, director of the London Programme for IT (LPfIT) and chief information officer […]
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PCTs juggle choice and strategy
The GP Systems of Choice initiative will be finalised this month leaving PCTs to guide practices up the maturity model to an integrated system. Fiona Barr reports.
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PCTs plan moves to single system
Primary care trusts (PCTs) in some areas of northern England have set out plans to move all GP practices onto a single system, TPP’s SystmOne, as contracts for the GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) initiative are about to be signed. More than a dozen PCTs in the North-east have published IM&T plans which outline the […]
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iPlato deploy SMS to Hammersmith and Fulham PCT
Health text messaging specialists iPlato have agreed a deal to provide their patient care messaging service to 26 doctors’ surgeries in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham covering over 165,000 patients. The deal is iPlato’s largest deployment to date and will allow patients to interact with their surgery via mobile text messaging on a […]
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Mass GP2GP roll-out to begin end July
GP2GP electronic record transfer is expected to be able to be rolled out to more than 70% of GP practices from the end of this month. Connecting for Health (CfH) has told EHI Primary Care that it expects to give GP system suppliers EMIS and INPS authority to rollout version 1.1 of GP2GP record transfer […]
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Southern SHAs assess alternatives for mental health IT
Strategic health authorities in the South of England are evaluating alternative software options to the version of Cerner Millennium being offered by Fujitsu under the NHS IT Programme (NPfIT). Fujitsu, the local service provider for the South, has told E-Health Insider, that it is working with SHAs and trusts to provide them with systems that best […]
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Fujitsu picks McKesson for Child Health
McKesson has been selected by Fujitsu to provide its CarePlus child health software to NHS trusts across the South of England under the NHS IT modernisation programme. Fujitsu is the prime contractor – or local service provider (LSP) – for the £12.4bn NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the South, responsible for upgrading NHS […]
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