GPs should be paid for hosted systems
GP practices using a hosted system that has yet to receive NHS Connecting for Health approval should still be awarded the IT incentive payment for using a hosted system, CfH has said. The IT agency has told primary care trusts to use their discretion and pay component four of the IM&T directed enhanced service (DES) to practices using […]
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The NHS Number
In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Julie Tindale, national clinical lead for the NHS Number Programme, discusses its use as a primary identifier.
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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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Summary care record is indelible
Patients who do not opt-out of the Summary Care Record prior to one being created for them will not be able have their record deleted later, it has been revealed. If a patient subsequently opts out of the SCR their record will be ‘masked’ and become inaccessible by NHS staff, but it will not be deleted. […]
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North Mersey looks beyond iPM
North Mersey Health Informatics Service is preparing to deploy Lorenzo Regional Care next year, having successfully rolled out one of its predecessors across two primary care trusts. The HIS has been delivering iSoft’s iPM – which is known locally as Lorenzo – to services run by Liverpool Primary Care Trust and NHS Sefton. The phased […]
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Choose and Book usage rises to 54 per cent
Choose and Book is now being used for 54% of referrals for first outpatient appointments according to Connecting for Health. Dr Stephen Miller, Choose and Book medical director, said the Department of Health’s outturn figures for January showed a “significant rise” in use of the e-booking system. Dr Miller said the DH monthly outturn figures […]
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NHS Camden rapped by ICO
The Information Commissioner’s Office has taken enforcement action against NHS Camden for breaching the Data Protection Act. The ICO has served the primary care trust with an enforcement notice for failing to dispose of a number of computers properly. Redundant, unencrypted computers holding the names, addresses and medical diagnoses of 2,500 individuals were left beside […]
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Personal appearance dropped for SCR opt-out
NHS Connecting for Health has dropped the requirement for patients to appear in person if they wish to opt out of having a Summary Care record.
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NICE to take charge of QoF
The Department of Health has announced that it is to go ahead with its plans to put the National Institute for Health and Clinical Evidence in charge of the Quality and Outcomes Framework from next month.
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Tower Hamlets deploys OneSign
Tower Hamlets has become the latest primary care trust to use Imprivata OneSign. The single sign-on solution is being rolled out to provide 600 of the trust’s staff with secure access to applications including clinical systems and NHSmail. OneSign is more conventionally used in acute trusts, but it is already being used by other PCTs […]
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