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PCT issues smartcards with identical PINs

A primary care trust issued smartcards to all its practices which had the same PIN for every user; and furthermore, the number was stuck
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Choose and Book may get mobile txt reminders

Plans are being drawn up to introduce a national automatic appointment reminder service to cut missed appointments by patients, a
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Patient information site rivals NHS Direct Online

Patient information website patient.co.uk has claimed that it is now as popular as NHS Direct Online, with just under 1.2m visitors received
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E-Health Innovation awards honour primary care

Primary care IT developments were well represented among the winners of the first E-Health Innovation Awards 2005. Projects that help
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Only six GP practices connected to NHS Spine

Only six GP practices are currently connected to the national spine, a month after a rapid roll out was expected
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Brought to book

GP Mark Davies, clinical lead for the National Programme for IT's Choose and Book programme, argues the case for Choose
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GPs urge rethink on Choose and Book

Primary care trusts (PCTs) will fail to persuade GPs to use Choose and Book unless the system is overhauled, according
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£95m package to boost e-booking uptake

Primary care trusts (PCTs) that offer a choice of hospital treatment to non-emergency patients through the electronic ‘choose and book’
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E-booking to miss its appointment

Choose and Book, the programme for providing electronic patient appointment booking, will not deliver a fully featured system across the
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InPS SMS upgrade allows for care service alerts

In Practice Systems (InPS) has announced an extension to its Vision system that will allow general practices not only to
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