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Data remember

Data transferred between GP systems must be scrupulously examined for errors. E-Health Insider looks at the issues involved and where
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Hardware upgrades may swallow Choose and Book money

Incentive money for Choose and Book may be spent on upgrading hardware to allow e-booking to work, as primary care
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Major ministerial reshuffle for health

John Hutton, the health minister whose responsibilities included NHS IT, has been promoted in the post-election reshuffle. He enters the
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Scottish GPs win choice over practice systems

  Scottish GPs will be able to change IT system provider under a new deal announced yesterday. The Scottish Executive
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Data migration hurdles detailed in leaked report

The complex task of transferring data from existing GP clinical systems into systems supplied under NHS Connecting for Health (CfH)
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QoF results publication likely in next two months

Quality and Outcomes Framework results for every practice in England and Scotland are likely to be published on government websites
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‘Connect with GPs’ call for IT modernisers

A GP magazine has called on Connecting for Health (formerly the National Programme for IT) to connect with its readers
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Do no harm

Peter Singleton of Cambridge Health Informatics considers the case of a patient who tried to opt out of electronic recording.
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Paper records only opt-out available to patients

The government’s policy allowing patients to opt out of the NHS Care Records Service is based on the decision that
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Systems choice was a ‘geographical absurdity’

Professor Mike Pringle, one of the clinical leads for the national programme for IT, has described the previous arrangements on
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