City and Hackney shares patient data securely
City and Hackney Teaching PCT in Central London has installed comprehensive security software which, it is hoped, will improve security and confidentiality of transferable patient data. The system, CheckPoint’s VPN-1R Pro, allows the information infrastructure at the PCT to be available to GPs, pharmacists, dentists and optometrists across City and Hackney. According to CheckPoint, the […]
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Practices could get £6,000 for Choose and Book by June
GPs could receive about £6,000 per practice by the end of June this year if their primary care trust meets the Department of Health’s targets for Choose and Book, according to implementation details. Strategic health authority chief executives have been sent more details of the £95 million package which was announced by health secretary John […]
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Cheap as chips
The Home Computing Initiative provides savings for both employees buying PCs and their employers. Fiona Barr looks at how it works in the NHS.
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£300k offered for research into NHS IT attitudes
The NHS Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO) R&D programme have put out a call for proposals, offering £300,000 for research into topics including attitudes of healthcare professionals towards e-health and how uptake of technology can be increased. Sums of £300,000 are also available for research into how the internet can be used as a health […]
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Waiting to connect
How soon will GP2GP transfer be possible? EHI Primary Care looks at progress so far, and how much of the NPfIT needs to be in place before it becomes operational.
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The loneliness of being first
The IT industry has a phrase for being at the front of the queue for any complex new technology: being at the ‘bleeding edge’ of development. This is where Undercliffe GP practice in Batley, West Yorkshire has been since last August when it began work to become the first Spine-enabled primary care computer system under […]
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First spine-connected GP system goes live
Undercliffe practice in Batley, West Yorkshire has become the first in England to go live with a primary care computer system connected to the NHS data spine. The connection to the data spine – the new national database of key information about patients – will enable summary electronic patient records to be held for the […]
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Interactive London PCT map shows STD increase
An online interactive map that shows incidences of STD cases in London over the past seven years has been published by researchers at the University of Bath with the intention of improving planning and monitoring of sexual health services. The map, which is plotted in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) language with GeoReveal software, shows […]
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Cegedim Rx says it is on track for ETP
Cegedim Rx has announced that it is on track to deliver a version of its Pharmacy Manager solution that will support the delivery of Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions (ETP) from May this year. The firm, which supplies around 2,500 independent and regional and chain pharmacies, and owned by the same company as primary care systems […]
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Spoilt for choice
GPs’ attitudes towards Choose and Book could cause headaches for the NPfIT, according to a survey in a recent report by the National Audit Office. EHI Primary Care takes a closer look.
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