Computer games to promote healthy living
Humana Europe, a provider of integrated commissioning services and support to NHS PCTs, are working on a new initiative to use electronic games to change the way people live their lives. Development of prototypes are underway at the company’s US headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky and include developing game technology aimed at improving the coordination and […]
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Wigan Council adopts NHS number as unique ID
Wigan Council has become one of the first English councils to connect health to social care services information after linking to the NHS Spine and adopting the NHS number as its unique identifier for all clients. The project represents a significant improvement in patient safety, reducing data duplication, confusion cases and the fragmentation of care […]
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Practices urged to decide on systems by year end
Connecting for Health (CfH) wants all GP practices in England to decide whether they want to stick with their existing IT system or switch to another clinical system supplier by the end of the year. The IT agency announced on Friday that it had signed agreements with five of the eight suppliers who are taking […]
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EMIS deal for London on cards
Primary care system supplier EMIS looks likely to be included as part of the local service provider solution for London. GP practices in London will have the option of INPS’s Vision 4 or EMIS, subject to the conclusion of contract negotiations. Kevin Jarrold, director of the London Programme for IT (LPfIT) and chief information officer […]
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PCTs plan moves to single system
Primary care trusts (PCTs) in some areas of northern England have set out plans to move all GP practices onto a single system, TPP’s SystmOne, as contracts for the GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) initiative are about to be signed. More than a dozen PCTs in the North-east have published IM&T plans which outline the […]
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Your data or your life?
Bill McAvoy of Quicksilva argues that developing an information integration strategies provides the foundation for joined up public services.
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Mass GP2GP roll-out to begin end July
GP2GP electronic record transfer is expected to be able to be rolled out to more than 70% of GP practices from the end of this month. Connecting for Health (CfH) has told EHI Primary Care that it expects to give GP system suppliers EMIS and INPS authority to rollout version 1.1 of GP2GP record transfer […]
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60 Seconds Interview: Neil Kirby
Continuing with our series of articles focusing on the people behind NHS IT, Joe Fernandez interviews Neil Kirby, an Electronic Patient Record pharmacist at the Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Choose and Book, 152 PCT stories
In the latest article from the clinicians leading Connecting for Health, Dr Mark Davies the clinical director for Choose and Book, sets out the progress.
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Primary care to complete NPfIT by 2010
Primary care will have delivered most of its part of the National Programme for IT by 2010, according to Connecting for Health’s joint GP clinical lead Professor Mike Pringle. Prof Pringle told a conference organised by IT system supplier TPP (The Phoenix Partnership) that NPfIT’s vision for primary care was on track while most of […]
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