Readv3 systems non-compliant with GP2GP ‘for some time’
Three GP IT systems used by more than 600 GP practices in England are incompatible with current activity in the Connecting for Health’s GP2GP record transfer project because of the version of Read codes used in the systems. TPP, Healthy Software and Seetec Enterprise all use Read code version 3 compared to version 2 used by […]
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Call for pay to discuss records with patients
GP representatives are calling for GP practices to be paid for the work involved in discussing records with patients before they are uploaded to the spine. The British Medical Association’s General Practitioner Committee has told GPs that it is continuing to back an opt-in consent model for the Summary Care Record but is aware that […]
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Bolton GPs told to use only one IT system
GPs in Bolton are coming under pressure from their PCT to ditch their various practice IT systems and sign up with a single supplier. One GP affected, speaking to E-Health Insider anonymously, said that Bolton PCT had convened a meeting of users of one system and that they were "strongly encouraging them" to move to Vision, from […]
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Pathology links system said to be unsafe
The pathology links system is delivering inappropriately coded results in England which make it clinically unsafe because the codes used do not detail the result of the tests performed, a leading GP IT representative is warning. Dr Paul Cundy, a GP in Wimbledon and joint chairman of the GPC/RCGP IT committee, said the GPC has […]
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InPS updates Vision with DXS software
In Practice Systems (InPS) has announced that it is to upgrade its Vision system with a free version of Point of Care, a decision support software package from DXS. The CD upgrades will be sent out to all practices using Vision, and will also include training videos and support for all users. A spokesperson for […]
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NAO to investigate National Programme for IT
In an unusual move the £6.2 billion National Programme for IT (NPfIT) is to be investigated by the National Audit Office (NAO), Parliament’s independent public spending watchdog, just two years after the programme was launched. With the major contracts now let and implementation work said to be beginning, the agency will undertake what it describes […]
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The Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS)
The quality and outcomes framework (QoF) is designed to reward practices for the quality of care offered to their patients and will be an important part of General Practice income for the next few years.
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More information about Read Codes demise released
The NHS Information Authority (NHSIA) have revealed more details to E-Health Insider about the abolition of Read Codes in favour of SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT), stating that all support calls for Read Codes after January 2006 “will receive a low priority". “SNOMED CT is at the cutting edge of clinical vocabularies and will offer choice and […]
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Support for Read Codes to end in 18 months
The NHS Terminology Service has announced that the maintenance of Read Codes is to end on 31st December, 2005, to clear the way for the introduction of SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) in the NHS Care Records Service. In a notice forwarded with the July 2004 update of the Read Codes, the NHS Terminology Service […]
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