CD record transfers opposed by Hampshire PCT
A primary care trust has recommended that GP practices do not transfer patient records using a CD citing concerns over the IT literacy of practices and the security of patient information. The CD transfer system, developed in Hertfordshire and backed by NHS Connecting for Health as an interim measure, enables practices to send a CD-ROM […]
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Health Select Committee outlines NPfIT inquiry
The House of Commons Health Committee has announced details of what it intends to look into as part of its inquiry into the NHS National Programme of IT. As EHI reported in November, the Health Select Committee announced in November its intention to undertake an inquiry. At a meeting this week, the committee said that the […]
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Information Commissioner backs electronic care records
The UK’s Information Commissioner has issued new guidance to members of the public on the government’s plans to develop a national system of electronic care records, based on enquiries that have been received. Overall the Commissioner backs plans for a national system of summary records but says he plans to keep a close eye on how […]
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Proposals for wider data sharing to be unveiled
The government is to make it easier for different department systems to share information about individuals currently held on separate databases. The move is expected to be presented as a pragmatic way to improve the delivery of public services and follows a government policy review of public services, headed by Work and Pensions secretary John […]
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EPS tops 10m prescription mark
More than 10 million electronic prescription messages have now been transmitted using the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) has announced. Latest figures from CfH show that 10,061,362 messages had been transmitted by 9 January as part of release one of the EPS project which allows pharmacists to scan prescription details into […]
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2006 – a curate’s egg for Connecting for Health
E-Health Insider cuts through the statistics to offer a snapshot of progress on ongoing efforts to digitise the NHS in England. Whatever happened to the NHS Care Record Service? 2006 may well be seen as the year Connecting for Health (CfH) and its prime contractors failed to deliver on their promise of next generation integrated […]
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Patients to be able to veto spine uploads
Health minister Lord Warner yesterday announced a significant u-turn in government policy on patient’s details being automatically loaded onto the NHS spine summary care record, stating that patients will now have the right to request their details not be uploaded. Lord Warner announced the concession at a press conference yesterday to announce the publication of […]
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BCS calls for complete overhaul of NHS IT project
A new report from the British Computer Society has called for a fundamental rethink of the NHS IT programme, including putting one hold current plans for a national system of summary records and for the scope of NHS Care Records Service to fundamentally re-defined. Rather than attempt to build a monolithic national database of records […]
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Bridgeforward and Quicksilva partner on integration
Software providers BridgeForward and Quicksilva have announced a partnership to focus on integrated connectivity solutions for healthcare. BridgeForward Software, a specialist in application integration and data migration software in healthcare will partner with Quicksilva Software Solutions, which supplies spine connectivity solutions and services to the healthcare industry, will partner on integration solutions. Under the partnership, each […]
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