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SCR could hold ‘end of life’ plans

The Summary Care Record (SCR) could be used to share end of life care plans and resuscitation details, according to
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GPs shape the future of health IT

In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Peter Short, one of the agency’s national clinical leads for GPs,
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Wales opens new health informatics lab

Informing Healthcare, the Welsh NHS IT agency, has opened a new state-of-the-art health informatics research laboratory at Swansea University, designed
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QoF to be re-focused on health promotion

Lord Darzi’s NHS review outlines plans to overhaul the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) to place a greater emphasis on
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EMIS and INPS plan integrated IT system

Leading GP system suppliers EMIS and INPS are to join forces with out-of-hours IT supplier Adastra to develop an integrated
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Tories promise NHS information revolution

The Conservative Party has promised an “information revolution” in the NHS with a focus on health outcomes.
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EMIS launches care integration projects

GP systems supplier EMIS has announced two new projects which will help to ensure care is fully informed and correctly
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Wales extends use of emergency care record

Informing Healthcare, the Welsh NHS IT agency, has announced that it is to pilot an extension of the emergency care
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Evaluation to recommend cautious SCR roll-out

The pace of implementation of the Summary Care Record (SCR) looks likely to be slower than originally planned after it
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NHS Alliance urges full record access for patients

The NHS Alliance is calling for patients to have electronic access to their full primary care record as part of
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