GP at Hand makes “destabilising” move to become primary care network
The NHS funded GP app, which launched in 2017, told Digital Health it was “well placed” to become a primary care network (PCN).
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Southwark CCG drops Babylon asthma AI pilot following GP at Hand concerns
A clinical commissioning group has dropped plans to pilot an asthma artificial intelligence project with Babylon, after concerns were raised relating to the recent roll-of the company’s GP at Hand service.
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Data issues hit Imperial cancer patients
“Data collection” issues at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust mean it may not have received hundreds of urgent cancer referrals over the past year.
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London GPs told to hold fire on SCR
GPs in London have been told to do nothing about the Summary Care Record until they get the go-ahead from the BMA’s GP committee.
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GPs told to tee up SCR information drive
GP practices have been advised to educate their patients about the Summary Care Record while the suspension of its roll-out is in place. The Department of Health announced last week that it had suspended the accelerated roll-out of the SCR following a call from the BMA to halt the upload of records. The BMA had […]
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SCR opt-out letters would confuse
The risk that patients would misread opt-out forms for the Summary Care Record and send them to the wrong address has led to them being excluded from patient information packs, Connecting for Health has told GPs.
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BMA says SCR roll-out ‘too hasty’
The BMA has criticised the roll-out of the Summary Care Record programme, claiming patients do not have enough information and that it is too hard for them to opt out.
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Two thirds of GPs sign up for IGSoC
Around two-thirds of GP practices had signed up to NHS Connecting for Health’s information governance standards by the deadline of the end of March, according to the Department of Health. The DH said it was “extremely pleased” with the response, although CfH was unable to confirm how many of those 5,800 practices had met its standards […]
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Guidance ‘wrong’ on amending clinical notes
When the Londonwide Local Medical Committees issued advice to its members on correcting clinical notes it seemed a straightforward matter. Don’t do it – add a correction with a date and explanation. The only problem is that, according to Paul Cundy, a London GP and chair of the Joint GPs IT Committee, this advice is wrong. […]
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