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Switch to ‘permission to access’ on SCR

Patient information will be uploaded to the Summary Care Record with implied consent and patients will then be able to
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Implied consent set to be scrapped for SCR

The implied consent model for the Summary Care Record looks set to be scrapped in favour of a simpler model
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Scotland superbug alert system delayed

The Electronic Communication of Surveillance in Scotland system, which will be used to alert doctors to superbug outbreaks, will not
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Scottish GPs to prescribe telephone therapy

The Scottish government has issued £3m funding for a three year pilot study on the effects of telephone and online-based
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Aberdeen Royal Infirmary uses ExtraMed software

Screenshot of BEDS system from ExtraMed NHS Grampian is planning to roll out a real-time bed management system across its
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Scotland commits to incremental e-health

The Scottish government has pledged consolidate its SCI Gateway and Store, and enhance its Emergency Care Summary Service.
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Scottish GPs to get choice of systems

The Scottish government is to set up a national framework contract for GP systems and launch a procurement for an
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EHI’s news roundup 20.06.08

E-Health Insider’s news round up for the week ending 20 June 2008 featuring supplier news, awards and information on newly
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EHI’s news roundup 13.06.08

E-Health Insider’s news round up for the week ending 13 June 2008 features new initiatives, supplier news, awards and newly
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Primary care following Fujitsu

Following the exit of Fujitsu from the NHS IT programme in the South of England, Fiona Barr explores what the
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