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6 September 2012

Edinburgh tracks people with dementia

A scheme is being trialled to see if satellite technology can be used to prevent people with dementia from getting
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5 September 2012

33 PCTs get EPS R2 approval

A further 33 primary care trusts have been approved to roll-out Release 2 of the Electronic Prescriptions Service.
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21 May 2012

Patient access to GP records by 2015

Providing patients access to their online records by 2015 is one of the few specific commitments in the government’s newly
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11 May 2012

NHS Herefordshire links GPs with EDT Hub

NHS Herefordshire will connect another 76 GP practices to its electronic document transfer Hub and expands its use to include
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13 April 2012

Primary care faces ‘app explosion’

A primary care IT specialist has predicted an “explosion” of cloud based and app technology in the sector over coming
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6 April 2011

GP record guidance overhauled

A major overhaul of the good practice guidelines for GP electronic records has been published, with a focus on record
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24 March 2011

GPs should be navigators not gatekeepers

GPs need to adopt technology and find ways to address variations in practice, a major new report by the King's
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22 February 2011

DH promises Read codes for SCR

NHS Connecting for Health has issued fresh guidance on the Summary Care Record, setting out how practices can implement changes
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31 December 2010

Connelly outlines hopes for 2011

The Department of Health may be planning to move quickly on plans to let patients email their doctors and get
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2 November 2010

Pilot supports feedback despite costs

Real-time patient feedback can drive performance improvement in general practice and have a positive impact on patient engagement, a pilot
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