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Cardiac surgery outcomes website launches

A public website showing outcomes in adult cardiac surgery is due to be launched today by the Society for Cardiothoracic
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Systems must be good enough to stop short cuts

New systems for the NHS must be so good that staff aren’t tempted to find ‘work arounds’ that jeopardise security,
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‘Data fit for sharing’ is goal of new guidance

Guidance to help general practices start a massive clean-up of data in their IT systems has been launched by Connecting for Health,
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Summary care record delayed and abridged

The content of the summary record uploaded to the spine will be cut back to include just allergy and prescription
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Connecting for Health fails to lead on Contact

NHS Connecting for Health continues to run its own local version of Microsoft Exchange rather than migrating to NHS Contact,
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QoF scores likely to continue to rise

Practices will have achieved even higher scores from the Quality and Outcomes Framework in the last 12 months than in
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GPC concerned over local C+B implementation problems

Local implementation problems could cause practices to miss the next targets for Choose and Book but GPs should not lose
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Meet the suppliers: Healthy Software

E-Health Insider meets one GP system supplier which has adapted to the National Programme for IT by reinventing itself.
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Bedford claims savings using rostering software

Bedford Hospitals NHS Trust has predicted it could save up to £500,000 after replacing its paper-based staff rostering system for
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CfH may hand money back to Treasury

While many NHS trusts are thought to be struggling to achieve financial balance, NHS Connecting for Health, the Department of
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