myGP available to 58m patients following assurance of SystmOne
The app is already available to all patients registered at EMIS Health practices, as well as patients registers at practices using the myGP platform.
News
London CCGs to roll out text reminder service for cervical cancer screening
From August, women registered with GP services in London will begin to receive text messages encouraging them to book screening appointments.
Digital Patient
Healthcare IT news round-up
The healthcare IT round-up includes new drug theft preventative software, a trust’s digitisation of its HR records and the ICO’s new grant programme.
Digital Patient
Health IT news in brief
This week’s health IT news in brief covers concerns over protection of personal data in the UK and the enhancement of clinical trials and patient safety.
Clinical Software
Another view: repeats appointments
Neil Paul has been trying out two products that allow patients to book appointments direct with a GP. One works, because it doesn’t just fill slots, and the other needs more work, because that’s all it does.
Digital Patient
iPatient Emis integration complete
iPatient has been approved as the first patient facing software available under the GP Systems of Choice contracts.
Interoperability
First patient facing app to get GP system approval
iPlato launches MyGP appointments app as API talks continue
Patients can now book and cancel GP appointments through a new feature launched on iPlato’s MyGP.
Digital Patient
Open your APIs: GPSoC’s integration project two years on
The latest GP Systems of Choice contract required principal GP system suppliers to open up to new players. Two years on, news editor Rebecca McBeth looks at what has been achieved and what remains work in progress.
Feature
Patient-facing integrations with GP systems run late
The April 2016 target for getting the first third-party suppliers of patient facing services integrated with the principal GP systems will not be met; but the companies involved say it will happen within months and transform the market.
Interoperability