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Practices make performance data available on web

Practices from four primary care organisations (PCOs) have put performance data online as part of a project to test the
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Practice manager finds no opt-out from NCRS

A practice manager has tried and failed to prevent her health record, which contains a significant error, being stored in
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Emergency care summary set to rollout in Scotland

A project which allows out-of-hours services access to an emergency care summary of patients’ GP records is likely to be
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Legal issues with GP data transfer mooted at HC2005

GPs who move their electronic patient record data to new systems may have to keep the old ones running concurrently
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Practices to get choice of any LSP primary care system

In a major change of direction all GP practices in England are to get a choice between all the accredited
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Northern Ireland unveils plans for electronic records

Northern Ireland has announced plans to develop its own electronic care record in a move which has led to calls
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Hutton departure wounded NPfIT, says researcher

Many difficulties suffered by the National Programme for IT can be traced back to when Professor Peter Hutton resigned as
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Choose and Book need not stop PBC, say GPC

Concern over Choose and Book should not prevent GPs from getting involved with practice based commissioning, the British Medical Association’s
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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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Northern Ireland announces new health IT strategy

Northern Ireland has announced plans to develop its own electronic care record in a move which has led to calls
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