QOF publication due despite GP concerns
Publication of individual practice results for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is likely to go ahead in England, Wales and Northern Ireland next month despite concerns from GP representatives. The results from three of the four countries in the UK are due to appear more than two months after Scotland became the first to […]
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Nurse prescribers lack access to computer systems
Lack of access to computer-generated prescriptions is holding back nurse prescribing according to a report published this week. An evaluation of extended formulary nurse prescribing by Southampton University found that the two factors that made nurse prescribing difficult were the limitations of the formulary and lack of computer-generated prescriptions. The report, commissioned by the Department […]
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National A+E system begins rollout in Scotland
iSOFT has announced the first implementation of a Scotland-wide A&E informatics system in NHS Grampian. The Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) went live in Aberdeen Children’s Hospital in May and in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in January and May respectively. iSOFT is rolling out the rest of the system to NHS Grampian, and plans to have […]
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Software to calculate cardiovascular risk for diabetics
The University of Oxford is planning to release software that calculates cardiovascular risk for patients with Type 2 diabetes based on data from its UK Prospective Diabetes Study. The UK Prospective Study Risk Engine, developed by the Diabetes Trials Unit at the university, will supersede the existing Risk Engine, which currently only calculates the likelihood […]
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GP database study raises questions about NSAIDS
A database of anonymised GP records run by the University of Nottingham and EMIS has provided the data for a study published this week saying that Ibuprofen and other commonly used painkillers for treating inflammation may increase the risk of heart attack. The study, which appeared in this week’s edition of the BMJ, said patients […]
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Telemedicine the future of care in Scotland, says report
A report into the future of the health service in Scotland has praised the use of telemedicine in the country, saying that future development in the sector should be a "vital component" of NHS Scotland’s IT strategy. The Kerr report, developed by a team led by Professor David Kerr, aims to set out how NHS […]
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Common Scottish EHR in three years, report advises
Scotland should aim to have its own electronic health record system within three years, a report into the future development of NHS Scotland has recommended. The Kerr report, developed by a team led by Professor David Kerr, aimed to set out how NHS Scotland should evolve over the next few decades. Among its recommendations, it […]
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Scotland publishes QoF data online
The first official practice by practice results for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) have appeared with the online publication of detailed QoF data for the whole of Scotland. ISD Scotland, the body responsible for health statistics in the NHS in Scotland, has published QoF results for 1025 practices. Almost all practices in Scotland took […]
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National Scottish NHS IT procurement begins
The National Health Service for Scotland has begun re-tendering exercise for end-to-end delivery of its principal IT services, in a procurement designed to meet the services’ evolving national and local business and clinical requirements. The contract notice includes provision for the future development of a national NHS Scotland Electronic Patient Record, and other future developments […]
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300 practices’ QoF results online at GP’s site
Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) results for nearly 300 practices have been put online by a GP who plans to include data for every practice in the UK as figures are released. Dr Gavin Jamie, a GP in Swindon, Wiltshire, has set up his website, www.gpcontract.co.uk, with the figures that have so far been supplied by […]
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