DH carrying out ‘confidential’ review of CfH
E-Health Insider has learned that an urgent ‘confidential’ review of the NHS IT programme and structure of Connecting for Health, the agency responsible for its delivery, has been launched by the new chief executive of the NHS David Nicholson. The new boss of the health service has commissioned a review of the £6.2bn NHS digitisation […]
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Bucking the trend
Sunderland PCT is on course to deliver the March 2007 target of 90% of referrals through Choose and Book. EHIPC discovers how.
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Not quite on target
Fiona Barr looks at the figures and the reasons behind the slippage of targets for Choose and Book referrals.
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Choose and Book set to miss 90% referral target
The Department of Health’s target for 90% of referrals to be made through Choose and Book by next March looks almost certain to be missed, as latest figures reveal every strategic health authority is behind schedule. The statistics show that while the average percentage of bookings made through the system is now 27%, many primary […]
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SHA sets up data warehouse for PBC
A strategic health authority has set up online access to patient data for its 15 primary care trusts and 330 GP practices to support practice-based commissioning. NHS South Central SHA’s new service, the Thames Valley Data Warehouse, will hold data on more than 2.2 million patients taken from the SHA’s existing databases and from September […]
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INPS Vision 4 to be London’s core GP solution
INPS’s Vision 4 is to be the core primary care solution offered to practices in London. The decision to opt for INPS (formerly In Practice Systems) as the preferred supplier in the capital is outlined in two letters to primary care trust chief executives from BT and London NHS chief executive David Nicholson yesterday. Patrick […]
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NHS officially told of London Cerner switch
NHS trusts across the capital today received official confirmation that BT is to replace GE Healthcare – previously IDX Systems – for Cerner as its supplier of electronic patient record software in London. As first reported by E-Health Insider on 13 June, BT will replace IDX, its current clinical software supplier, with Cerner for secondary care. […]
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Troubled child health system to be replaced
NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) looks set to replace an interim child health information system deployed in London last year and has already halted plans to extend it to include a community module. It has also emerged in a leaked letter, seen by E-Health Insider Primary Care, that a review of the problematic system has revealed […]
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PCT achieves 87% C+B referrals with flexible system
A primary care trust (PCT) has achieved the highest take up of Choose and Book in the country by allowing practices to send Choose and Book information through the post. The “medical secretary” model used by all PCTs in Somerset has helped GP practices in Somerset Coast PCT make 87% of referrals through Choose and […]
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Hants and IOW share records for 1.5 million patients
Hospital and GP records for 1.5 million patients are to be available for the NHS to share in a ground-breaking project launched ahead of the national NHS Care Records Service. The Clinical Data Repository (CDR) set up by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority has gone live this month with GP records for […]
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