100 practices to rollout patient access on the net
Patient access to medical records over the internet is to be rolled out to 100 practices. Hadfield Medical Centre in Glossop, Derbyshire, was the first GP practice to enable to a patient to view their medical record over the internet just under a year ago and since then eight other practices have joined the project. […]
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South West London trust goes live with Magic
South West London and St Georges NHS Mental Health Care Trust have implemented a new support management system called Magic in order to prepare for implementation of a new RiO system. Magic has been developed by IT service software specialists BMC Software and is described as “IT Service Support for the Midsized Business.” It is […]
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South Manchester switches on PAS from CSC
The University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Trust has announced that it has gone live across the organisation with a new patient administration system supplied by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). The acute hospital becomes the eleventh large hospital to switch on an iSoft iPM PAS system supplied by CSC as part of the NHS National […]
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Early adopters sought for Health Direct service
The Department of Health (DH) and NHS Direct are looking for primary care trusts interested in being the early adopter site for NHS Health Direct, the DH’s new multi-media health advice service. The government’s 2004 white paper on public health, Choosing Health, set out the intention to establish Health Direct and the DH now plans […]
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Proposals for wider data sharing to be unveiled
The government is to make it easier for different department systems to share information about individuals currently held on separate databases. The move is expected to be presented as a pragmatic way to improve the delivery of public services and follows a government policy review of public services, headed by Work and Pensions secretary John […]
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Discussions underway on 8Mb broadband for GPs
NHS Connecting for Health is in discussions with N3 BT about providing an 8Mb broadband service which could provide GP practices with faster broadband speeds. The DH’s central IT agency is also advising N3 customers not to order any upgrade because of concerns over performance issues “at this time.” EHI Primary Care understands that the […]
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Revised plan for ‘sealed envelopes’ published
Sealed envelopes are likely to become available from 2008/9, according to the latest briefing paper from NHS Connecting for Health which outlines plans to allow patients to make clinical information invisible if they choose. The revised plans for sealed envelopes mean that patients can opt to have sensitive information “sealed” or “sealed and locked” from […]
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Fresh guidance issued on PBC data requirements
Fresh guidance on practice-based commissioning sets out the minimum data requirements that primary care trusts (PCTs) are expected to provide to GP practices. The document, ‘Practice based commissioning: practical implementation‘, makes it clear that PCTs are responsible for ensuring that the information needs of practices are met, either by providing the data themselves or contracting […]
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Ideal acquires Deverill’s NHS IT training
Ideal Training has acquired the NHS training division of Deverill, which holds a major contract in the London region. Deverill was awarded a five year contract in January to provide experienced care records systems trainers to support the delivery of end user application training for the capital’s 31 primary care trusts, 32 acute trusts and […]
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Southern SHAs to pilot greater local ownership of NPfIT
The three strategic health authorities in the south of England are piloting a new model of governance for the National Programme for IT that will shift responsibilities from NHS Connecting for Health at the centre to the local NHS. The move is partly as a result of recommendations from the National Audit Office earlier this […]
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