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27 December 2006

i-Contact aims to combat missed appointments

A new web-based communications engine called i-Contact has been developed to help GPs combat the problem of missed appointments. The
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22 December 2006

Practice data controller jailed for record tampering

A data administrator at a North London medical centre has been jailed for tampering with records using the practice’s computer system
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8 December 2006

Salford Council adopt new loan management software

Salford City Council’s integrated community equipment service (ICES) has chosen Ethitec’s ELMS2 software to manage all the wheelchair and equipment
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6 December 2006

Ealing PCT uses text message technology

Ealing Primary Care Trust has launched a mobile phone text message appointment reminder service for 130,000 patients attending 22 of
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5 December 2006

Hospitals told not to use C+B to manage demand

Hospitals that have been using Choose and Book to manage demand by withholding appointments slots have been ordered to stop
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17 November 2006

Handwritten paperwork “causes delays”

GPs spend too long filling in paperwork by hand, decreasing the amount of time they spend with patients, a survey
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14 November 2006

GPASS abandoned by Tayside and Grampian

NHS Tayside and NHS Grampian have confirmed that they will be abandoning the General Practice Administration System for Scotland (GPASS)
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7 November 2006

GP wins award for recall system

Dr Lorna Dunlop, GP at Riverview Medical Centre, Johnstone has won the IT Innovation Award for Best Use of IT
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20 October 2006

One millionth Choose and Book referral reached

Health minister Lord Warner today announced that one million referrals to specialist care have been made through the Choose and
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17 October 2006

Bucking the trend

Sunderland PCT is on course to deliver the March 2007 target of 90% of referrals through Choose and Book. EHIPC
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