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EMIS pilots GP booking through digital TV

EMIS has joined up with a South Yorkshire local government digital TV portal to allow patients to book GP appointments
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NPfIT: engagement on electronic referrals will wait

National engagement over electronic referrals will only come “when the time is right", namely when the system is fully operational,
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EMIS hits back at ‘speculation and misrepresentation’

Leading UK primary care IT supplier EMIS has issued new guidance to practices using its systems stating the firm’s long-term
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SMS reminds patients of upcoming appointments

A new system that sends GP appointment reminders to patients over SMS which partially integrates into existing electronic appointment record
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Evidence of e-health benefits needed, says IPPR report

A new report by the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) has highlighted the lack of reliable research into the
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EMIS rolls out web-based GP appointment booking

EMIS have nationally launched their own online appointment booking service, EMIS Access, which allows patients to send secure messages or
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Treasury plans £6.8bn NHS savings through IT

Today’s Gershon report, “Releasing resources to the front line: Independent Review of Public Sector Efficiency", has said that IT reform
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E-booking milestone reached

In an exclusive E-Health Insider has learned that the national programme for IT has successfully reached one of its key
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Combative Granger defends speed of IT reform

Richard Granger, Director General of NHS IT, has hit back at critics of his approach to implementing the national programme,
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Doubts raised over first NPfIT delivery deadlines

The leak of a confidential BT document, highlighting “material contractual issues", has raised concerns that the first June delivery dates
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