GP2GP hits 100,000 transfers
Connecting for Health has announced that GP2GP has now completed over 100,000 electronic health record transfers. To date, 149 primary care trusts – more than 4,000 practices – are using the clinical systems EMIS LV 5.2 and INPS Vision 3 to transfer records between GP practices. GP2GP enables patients’ electronic health records to be transferred […]
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Sharing records with realism
In the second of his columns as a grassroots GP, Dr Neil Paul describes a local project to share diabetes records.
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GP contract to continue IT DES payments
GP practices will be able to continue to claim for work done under the IM&T directed enhanced service (DES) for another 12 months, as part of the GP contract settlement for 2008/9. The agreement to extend the DES until the end of March 2009 means practices already registered to take part in the scheme will be […]
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Tunstall sell controlling interest to Charterhouse
Charterhouse Capital Partners, a private equity firm, has acquired a controlling interest in The Tunstall Group, in a transaction totalling £514m. The company’s existing management and selling shareholders will retain an interest valued at £66m on the same terms as Charterhouse. James Buckley, chief executive of Tunstall Group, said: “I am delighted to be working […]
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Patient information: how ICTs can help
Fiona Barr looks at the role information technology can play in providing greater information for patients.
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GP2GP exceeding targets
Connecting for Health’s GP2GP record transfer project is meeting its targets ahead of schedule and expects to reach 100,000 record transfers by the end of March. Latest figures from the project show that by 19 February the software had been installed in 3500 practices, five weeks ahead of the target date. The GP2GP project team […]
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PbR held back by NHS data failures
A new report into the progress of Payment by Results (PbR) has concluded that problems with the quality and timeliness of data remain significant barriers to the policy having more impact on NHS activity and efficiency. The Audit Commission report, The Right Result,singles out the Secondary Uses Service (SUS), developed by NHS Connecting for Health and […]
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GP2GP reaches 3,000 practices milestone
Over 3,000 practices are now able to transfer patient records electronically using GP2GP software upgrades, Connecting for Health has announced. To date, over 64,000 record transfers have taken place, using the GP2GP software upgrades, which enables electronic health records to be transferred directly and securely between sites, if both practices are GP2GP-enabled. The GP2GP roll-out […]
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