Patient access

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1 April 2015

NHS business plan highlights IT goals

Digital inclusion and patient access to health records are among NHS England’s main IT aims for next 12 months, according
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30 March 2015

King’s develops arthritis app

The rheumatology department at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has adopted a smartphone app to support outpatients living with
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26 January 2015

Access more areas

Patient.co.uk won an EHI Award last year for a mobile version of Patient Access. With deadlines looming for GPs to
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1 October 2014

Hunt extends Challenge Fund by £100m

The government will extend its £50m primary care Challenge Fund by a further £100m, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.
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10 September 2014

PKB will add genomics to records

Patients Know Best has formed a partnership with Tute Genomics to create genomic profiles for patients as part of their
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9 September 2014

Apple tightens health data rules

Apple has tightened privacy rules for developers collecting data from apps using its new HealthKit platform as it launches a
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11 August 2014

Manchester sees end of Emis Web roll-out

Emis Web is set to be rolled out across all Manchester GP practices by the end of the year, the
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13 May 2014

EPRs to improve care for the elderly

The healthcare sector must make the most of new technological advances like electronic patient records to build “networks of care”
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24 April 2014

Central Manchester extends GP access

Patients in central Manchester are given extended access to GP practices as part of a data-sharing project.
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23 April 2014

GPs to offer hotline for patient care

The Department of Health and NHS England will launch a ‘Proactive Care Programme’ in September 2014 in order to develop
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