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Six hundred volunteers test NHSmail
NHS Connecting for Health is planning to start “extended user acceptance testing” of the new NHSmail platform on Monday.
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Five priorities for primary care IT
Grassroots GP Dr Neil Paul outlines the five priorities for NHS IT that have been identified in his area.
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Nicholson highlights GP data risks
The Information Commissioner has identified GPs as a data security risk, according to David Nicholson, chief executive of the NHS. Nicholson has written to NHS chief executives, asking them to check that their organisations are encrypting removable data and re-emphasising that information risk management should be high on their agendas. In the letter, Nicholson also […]
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NHSmail migration to Exchange deferred
NHS Connecting for Health has written to strategic health authorities to tell them that NHSmail’s planned migration to the Microsoft Exchange platform is being deferred.
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SCR could hold ‘end of life’ plans
The Summary Care Record (SCR) could be used to share end of life care plans and resuscitation details, according to the Department of Health. Its newly-launched End of Life Care Strategy recommends that all end of life care providers have access to N3 and the SCR. The strategy outlines the ways in which information technology […]
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Berkshire gets CfH help desk accreditation
HP Service Desk Berkshire Shared Services has gained Connecting for Health accreditation to enable it to handle IT-related technical problems over the two primary care trusts and 12 community hospitals it serves. The accreditation means that the group has been approved to manage incidents directly as opposed to clients having to contact the national service […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 11.04.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 11 April 2008 featuring supplier news, acquisitions, events and awards. Supplier news SRC preferred supplier of East Midlands SHA SRC, specialists in healthcare digital dictation and speech recognition solutions, has been awarded preferred supplier status for the provision of digital dictation and speech recognition solutions […]
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GPs warned on NHSmail phishing attacks
GP practices have been advised to watch out for phishing attacks on NHSmail after reports from two users of bogus attempts to obtain their username and password. The BMA’s General Practitioner Committee issued advice to practices following the incident on 5 March. A spokesperson for Connecting for Health said the incident was not a generalised […]
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Decision due on NHSmail move to Exchange
Connecting for Health’s head of the NHSmail programme, Will Moss has told E-Health Insider that the DH agency will decide this month on final timing of announcing its move Microsoft Exchange, with the switch to follow soon after. CfH hopes the planned move to Exchange will re-invigorate the moribund adoption rate of NHSmail, which to date has 153,000 […]
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