Choose to stay
Most general practices would be better off sticking with their existing systems, says Ewan Davis, chair of the Primary Health Care Specialist Group at the British Computer Society.
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Ealing and Southend-on-Sea start patient txt messaging
Mobile messaging firm iPlato has announced that practices from two more primary care trusts in England have started using its Patient Care Messaging system. Integrated into the underlying practice patient administration and clinical system, iPLATO’s Patient Care Messaging service enables easy text messaging with patients around appointments and specialised clinics, helping tackle did not attend […]
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Adapt or perish
Barbara Stuttle, NHS Connecting for Heath’s community nursing lead, speaks to EHI Primary Care about the urgent need for the profession to grapple with IT.
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Community nurses to start e-prescribing pilot in 2006
Community nurses are to take part in NHS Connecting for Health pilots of electronic nurse prescribing early next year. Barbara Stuttle, Connecting for Health’s clinical lead for community nurses, told EHI Primary Care that community staff such as district nurses and health visitors would be provided with laptops and handheld computers as part of the […]
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Primary care IT plans put forward in NI
Primary care in Northern Ireland is set for an overhaul in IT, according to a 20-year plan released by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety. The plan, entitled ‘Caring for People Beyond Tomorrow’, is short on detail of what kind of technology is planned for the future of the Northern Irish health […]
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GP2GP transfer to pilot next month in Gateshead
Nine practices in Gateshead PCT are to become the first in England to pilot GP2GP transfer of records next month. The joint IT committee of the British Medical Association’s GP committee and the Royal College of General Practitioners has given its go ahead for the live implementation of GP2GP record transfer in the PCT. Dr […]
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New QMAS software will focus on excluded patients
Changes to the payments software for the Quality and Outcomes Framework mean practices and primary care trusts will be able to check exception reporting details on the system from this autumn. Connecting for Health has announced changes to the functionality of the Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS) including the addition of exception reporting information. […]
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Record hazards
Dr Glyn Hayes, Chair of the Health Informatics Forum at the British Computer Society, argues that electronic patient records can result in all-too-human pitfalls.
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National record content outlined by CfH
Information on mental health, sexual health and infections should be excluded from the initial summary record on the spine, Connecting for Health (CfH) clinical leads have recommended. The proposal is included in a major discussion document and marks a significant change in emphasis on plans for the NHS Care Record Service (NCRS). It follows continued and […]
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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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