BT completes switch to Cerner
BT, the local service provider for London under the NHS IT investment programme, has confirmed that it has completed the switch from GE Healthcare to Cerner as its main clinical software sub-contractor. The company said in its its half year results today: "BT continues to make good progress on its NHS National Programme for Information Technology […]
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Hosted INPS and iSoft accredited by CfH
Two hosted GP practice systems have so far received accreditation from NHS Connecting for Health. INPS Vision 3 Enterprise edition, as offered by the Capital Care Alliance in the London cluster and iSoft Synergy Enterprise, as offered by Accenture in the North Eastern and Eastern clusters, have met CfH’s requirements for hosted systems under the […]
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500 EMIS practices to get electronic record transfers
NHS Connecting for Health is to roll out GP2GP record transfer to another 500 practices by the end of March next year. CfH has signed a contract with GP computer supplier EMIS to install its software and carry out training for 250 EMIS practices by the end of the year and a further 250 practices […]
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New group will promote patient access to records
A group has been set up to raise awareness of patient record access nationally and internationally and increase the take-up of patient access to records by patients and practices in the NHS. The Record Access Collaborative, which is being run by south east London GP Brian Fisher and funded by GP computer supplier EMIS, aims […]
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INPS Vision 4 to be London’s core GP solution
INPS’s Vision 4 is to be the core primary care solution offered to practices in London. The decision to opt for INPS (formerly In Practice Systems) as the preferred supplier in the capital is outlined in two letters to primary care trust chief executives from BT and London NHS chief executive David Nicholson yesterday. Patrick […]
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Attachment problems thwart GP2GP transfers
Practices involved in the pilot sites for GP2GP record transfer are unable to send attachments electronically because of problems with third party document management systems, it has emerged. The NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) project, which is currently being piloted in Gateshead and the Isle of Wight, has discovered that most third party document management […]
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NHS officially told of London Cerner switch
NHS trusts across the capital today received official confirmation that BT is to replace GE Healthcare – previously IDX Systems – for Cerner as its supplier of electronic patient record software in London. As first reported by E-Health Insider on 13 June, BT will replace IDX, its current clinical software supplier, with Cerner for secondary care. […]
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GPC backs record transfer rollout plans
GP representatives have approved plans to rollout GP2GP record transfer between practices using the same system which they say could make GP2GP widely available for some system users by the end of the year. The British Medical Association’s General Practitioner Committee last week debated whether incremental versions of GP2GP should be implemented as they become […]
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Choice? What choice?
Over a year since the announcement of GP system choice, many practices still only have one package to choose from. Fiona Barr investigates.
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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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