Information governance

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System C buys private healthcare specialist IQ Systems

System C Healthcare has acquired private sector health IT specialists IQ Systems Services in a deal worth approximately £2m, it
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Information Governance will be ongoing challenge

Connecting for Health have told the House of Commons Health Select Committee that addressing the  information governance challenge for shared
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BT to create London PACS archive by September

Having deployed Picture Archiving and Communications Systems to all 23 trusts in London by the end of last month, BT
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Patient access to records ‘can bring benefits to PCTs’

Patient access to records can help primary care trusts meet their fitness for purpose targets, the Healthcare Computing conference heard.
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Unified communications in healthcare

Single, converged networks supporting IP telephony, videoconferencing, video-on-demand and contact centres offer benefits for healthcare that should not be ignored,
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100 practices to rollout patient access on the net

Patient access to medical records over the internet is to be rolled out to 100 practices. Hadfield Medical Centre in
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CD record transfers opposed by Hampshire PCT

A primary care trust has recommended that GP practices do not transfer patient records using a CD citing concerns over
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PRIMIS CHART e-audit tool launched

An e-audit tool to allow GP practices to assess the quality of their data as part of the IM&T directed
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Change in stance on migration costs for GP systems

NHS Connecting for Health has agreed to provide a fixed contribution to cover the migration costs for GP practices moving
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Review says e-SAP fragmented and lacks standards

A Connecting for Health review of implementations of the electronic single assessment process (e-SAP) has revealed a lack of integration
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