ACS buys hosting and outsourcing firm
Advanced Computer Software, the owners of out of-hours software provider Adastra, has bought a hosting and outsourcing firm to accelerate its roll-out of hosted software services.
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King’s Fund calls for ‘virtual polyclinics’
A leading health think-tank has recommended that the Department of Health should pilot ‘virtual polyclinics’ in a major report on the government’s plans to set up polyclinics and GP-led health centres across England. The King’s Fund report, Under One Roof: will polyclinics deliver integrated care? argues that it many cases it will not be necessary […]
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NHS Alliance urges full record access for patients
The NHS Alliance is calling for patients to have electronic access to their full primary care record as part of its manifesto for a 21st century health service. The organisation, whose membership includes GP practices and PCTs, has published its proposals for reform of the health service in a new report, In Sickness and In […]
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Private GP providers’ technology
The private providers winning contracts to run general practices have information technology close to the top of their agendas, Fiona Barr reports.
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GP2GP record transfer is NPfIT’s ‘most wanted’
GP2GP patient record transfer is the service that GPs would most like to see delivered by the National Programme for IT, according to a survey carried out this month. A total of 390 GPs took part in the online survey conducted by GP system supplier In Practice Systems which asked GPs to rate which NPfIT […]
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