PHCSG urges ‘extreme caution’ on QoF data use
White paper proposals to use Quality and Outcomes Framework data to make commissioning decisions should only be followed with extreme caution, the Primary Health Care Specialist Group (PHCSG) of the British Computer Society has warned. The PHCSG says the QoF database held on the Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS) has been collected purely for […]
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Not so secure
Fiona Barr explains the background to the recent controversy over confidentiality in the personal demographics service.
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Choose to stay
Most general practices would be better off sticking with their existing systems, says Ewan Davis, chair of the Primary Health Care Specialist Group at the British Computer Society.
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‘Unworkable’ smartcard rules to be re-written
NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) has been forced to scrap the rules that practices must sign up to when they receive a smartcard after it has emerged the policy is unworkable in general practice. Thousands of GPs may have already unwittingly agreed to the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) which includes requirements such as an agreement not […]
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Consultation highlights concerns over NCRS ownership
Concerns over who will own the summary record on the spine and how the summary data will be validated are among the issues that have been raised in response to proposals on the content of the NHS Care Record Service (NCRS). More than 80 submissions have been received from professional and patients organisations as well […]
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