GP2GP out-of-date medical records concern
GP practices that have moved from a GP2GP compliant system but left it connected to the Spine have been inadvertently sending patient records to other practices which could be out-of-date. The error came to light after it was discovered that some practices that have moved from INPS Vision 3 or EMIS LV 5.2 have retained live GP2GP […]
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Healthcare Interoperability Preview 3
Stephen O’Brien tells Jon Hoeksma that interoperability is the starting point for future Conservative healthcare IT strategy.
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Consent to view explored for detailed records
The new consent to view model for the NHS Summary Care Record in England may also be applied to the detailed care records held by NHS organisations. NHS Connecting for Health is to explore how the principle of ‘consent to view’ – announced as the new model for the SCR last week – could work […]
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Lorenzo Studio
Gary Cohen, executive chairman of IBA Health Group, talks about the company’s plans for Lorenzo Studio to revolutionise healthcare.
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Bradshaw reveals NPfIT contract reset values
BT will now be paid £1 billion to deliver the NHS data spine, following a contract re-set earlier this year. Health minister Ben Bradshaw revealed the new figure in a commons written answer, published at the start of the month. The spine contract was originally worth £620m. However, Mr Bradshaw insisted that the increased cost […]
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South Birmingham podiatrists first to get Lorenzo
Podiatrists at South Birmingham Primary Care Trust have become the first in the country to receive a version of iSoft’s Lorenzo software under the NHS National Programme for IT. The podiatrists began to use the service after the system went live a week ago. In a statement to EHI NHS Connecting for Health said. "We […]
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ContactPoint delayed for further testing
The introduction of the national children’s database ContactPoint has been delayed until January 2009. The pilot of the delayed programme was to have begun in October. The delay is the second postponement of the system that was originally due to have gone live in spring 2008. The project was delayed in November 2007 to a […]
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Police to get access to national child database
Police are to be given access to the Government’s new children’s database, in order to search for evidence of criminal activity.
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NHS Informatics Review says trusts need ‘interim’ systems
NHS trusts are to get support, and in some cases may get national funding, to select and install “interim” systems as a result of the NHS Informatics Review.
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Data accreditation completed for 800 practices
Just over 800 GP practices have now had their data accredited as part of the directed enhanced service for IM&T. Data accreditation in preparation for uploading summary records to the spine is one of four elements in the DES which was extended for 12 months to March 2009 as part of this year’s GP contract […]
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