CAF demonstrator details unveiled
The Department of Health has published an overview of the work being undertaken by the nine sites chosen as demonstrators for the Common Assessment Framework. The nine successful sites were announced in February. Each partnership is led by local adult social services and involves a range of acute and community health services and IT suppliers. […]
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Cost of access to old records agreed
NHS Connecting for Health has set out the options GP practices have to access their old records if they switch to a different IT system. The GP Systems of Choice team has agreed details of how each IT supplier will provide practices with access to their audit trail and the costs of doing so. CfH says […]
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TPP SystmOne likely choice for prisons
TPP’s SystmOne Prison looks likely to be chosen as the national clinical IT system for England’s prisons. The Department of Health has commissioned NHS Connecting for Health to deliver a national clinical IT system for every prison in England and TPP’s SystmOne Prison has been selected as the preferred option. The system is already being […]
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TPP named as CSC strategic solution
Primary care software supplier TPP has announced that it has signed an agreement with local service provider CSC, which makes SystmOne the strategic solution in the North, Midlands and East of England.
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At least four southern trusts plan for Lorenzo
At least four hospitals in the South of England intend to implement Lorenzo, according to informatics plans, with community and mental health trusts taking systems from both TPP and CSE-Servelec. In NHS South Central, several hospital trusts that have yet to receive a system under the National Programme for IT in the NHS appear to be planning […]
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Guidance on EPS R2 released
NHS Connecting for Health has published detailed guidance on release two of the Electronic Prescription Service. The 70 page document provides information on how each of the business processes involved in release two will work. This includes nomination, electronic cancellation of prescriptions, use of prescription and dispensing tokens, electronic repeat dispensing and electronic submission of […]
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Vision 3 first GPSoC level 4 system
INPS has announced that its Vision clinical system has become the first GP system to achieve GP Systems of Choice accreditation for its hosted services. NHS Connecting for Health has granted Vision 3 level 4 compliance under GPSoC, which means the system has met its standards for hosted services. Primary care trusts can also claim […]
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TPP partners with Voice Connect
GP system supplier TPP has announced a partnership with communications firm Voice Connect to enable GP practices using TPP’s SystmOne to offer an automated appointments system. Voice Connect’s Patient Partner means that patients can phone their surgery 24 hours a day to book, check or cancel appointments. The company said more than 275 surgeries have […]
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EMIS SCR compliant by April
EMIS is expected to become compliant with the Summary Care Record by the end of April, freeing the way for the full roll-out of the SCR in England. Health minister Ben Bradshaw told MPs in a Parliamentary written answer that so far three GP systems have successfully demonstrated compatibility and have been used in the […]
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Fast followers to lead SCR roll out
Seventeen primary care trusts are due to begin implementing the Summary Care Record before 1 April as part of a ‘fast follower’ group that will lead the national roll-out of the SCR.
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