Greater use of health technology ‘could save 20,000 lives a year’
Think tank the Institute of Public Policy found the NHS could save £10 billion from reduced costs related to health by improving access to technology.
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56 newcomers awarded agreements under GP IT Futures
NHS Digital has notified 69 suppliers of the intention to award them contracts under the new, £484 million general practice IT framework.
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Another View: Of primary care networks and the IT challenges
The current penchant for GP networks is in many ways understandable, says our GP columnist Neil Paul. But is the IT keeping up? No.
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Another view: of the power of GP federations
In his last column of 2018, our GP columnist, Neil Paul, looks back at what his GP federation as achieved throughout the year.
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Another view: Of problems with primary care IT
Neil Paul and his colleagues have had just about enough of primary care IT problems, with infrastructure and software alike causing headaches. So why – our GP columnist asks – is focus being placed on non-fundamental features and his STP talking about potentially cutting primary care IT investment?
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Why we’re gathering around the NHS wireless at my GP practice
A month on from the introduction of NHS WiFi at Crystal Peaks Medical Centre, Dr Kirsty Gillgrass reports related improvements for staff and patients alike.
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Of primary importance: Masood Nazir on the value of digital
In the first of a new column written exclusively for Digital Health, Dr Masood Nazir – clinical lead for NHS England’s primary care digital transformation programme, and CCIO at a large CCG – considers the potential of digital to improve experience for GPs and patients alike.
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Enter the CCG: more thoughts on what hospitals can learn from primary care IT
With the publication of the Wachter Review, Dr John Lockley has been thinking about what secondary care could learn from primary care’s experience of digitisation. This month: what gets clinicians engaged.
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Another view: of progress (or otherwise)
Traditionally, Christmas is a time for making merry and laying big plans for the year ahead. GP Neil Paul prefers to look back over the many, irritating IT problems that remain unfixed – and yet should be easy to deal with.
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Contracts signed for lot 2 of GPSoC
Thirty suppliers have signed contracts for lot two of the new GP Systems of Choice framework, the Health and Social Care Information Centre has announced.
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