Scottish GPs call for GP system choice
GP representatives in Scotland will this week hear criticism of government plans for an integrated primary and community care system and calls for Scottish GPs to have an initiative to guarantee IT system choice. The Scottish Local Medical Committees’ conference will debate a motion criticising the Scottish Government’s plan to procure an Integrated Primary and […]
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GP2GP hits 100,000 transfers
Connecting for Health has announced that GP2GP has now completed over 100,000 electronic health record transfers. To date, 149 primary care trusts – more than 4,000 practices – are using the clinical systems EMIS LV 5.2 and INPS Vision 3 to transfer records between GP practices. GP2GP enables patients’ electronic health records to be transferred […]
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GP2GP exceeding targets
Connecting for Health’s GP2GP record transfer project is meeting its targets ahead of schedule and expects to reach 100,000 record transfers by the end of March. Latest figures from the project show that by 19 February the software had been installed in 3500 practices, five weeks ahead of the target date. The GP2GP project team […]
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Phase two EPS accreditation due within months
The first pharmacy and GP system suppliers expect to receive technical accreditation for release two of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in April and May this year, according to Connecting for Health (CfH). The IT agency has published the status of GP and pharmacy systems currently progressing through the compliance process for release two of […]
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GP2GP reaches 3,000 practices milestone
Over 3,000 practices are now able to transfer patient records electronically using GP2GP software upgrades, Connecting for Health has announced. To date, over 64,000 record transfers have taken place, using the GP2GP software upgrades, which enables electronic health records to be transferred directly and securely between sites, if both practices are GP2GP-enabled. The GP2GP roll-out […]
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A work in progress
EHI Primary Care editor Fiona Barr looks back on the developments during 2007 and shape of things to come in 2008.
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GP2GP transfer software installed in 2000 practices
Connecting for Health has announced that it has rolled out GP2GP record transfer software to its two thousandth practice and transferred more than 25,000 records using the software. The two milestones for the project mean that nearly one in four English GP practices now has access to GP2GP. So far the rollout only involves practices […]
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EMIS ahead of CfH GP2GP monthly targets
EMIS is ahead of Connecting for Health’s target of having 988 practices trained and installed with GP2GP v1.1 by the end of September 2007, the company has revealed. Version 1.1, allows two way transfers between different systems, and has been piloted by EMIS and INPS practices in Croydon since March. The GP systems supplier now […]
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South edges towards ‘best of breed’ approach
The re-negotiation of the NHS IT Programme contract between Fujitsu and the NHS in the South of England appears to be heading towards a best of breed approach.
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Six London trusts get RiO for mental health
Six mental health trusts in London are now using new IT systems, delivered under the NHS IT programme, to help deliver better care to patients. The six trusts, which account for 60% of the mental health trusts in the capital, are now using these new computerised patient record systems, as part of a London-wide NHS […]
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