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GPs confident their data is fit to share

Four out of five GPs believe the quality of their practice data is fit for sharing, according to a survey
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Normal for Norfolk

A telehealth scheme involving four partners won the ‘best use of telehealth and telecare’ category of the E-Health Insider Awards
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GPs back cuts to NHS Direct and NPfIT

NHS Direct and the National Programme for IT in the NHS are both appropriate targets for cuts in the current economic
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EHI and doctors.net take pulse of NHS IT

NHS IT and alternatives to some or all of the National Programme for IT in the NHS have broken into
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GP raises concern about PDS security

Renewed concerns have been raised about the security of the Personal Demographics Service after a GP was able to access
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Trust loads C+B referrals manually

An NHS acute trust has been using staff to manually upload paper referrals to boost its Choose and Book performance
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Vascular pods from Telehealth Solutions

Telehealth Solutions has developed a series of ‘pods’ or touch-screen devices that it says can be used to support the national vascular
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Doctors complain about rating website

Doctors have complained to the Information Commissioner about the doctors’ rating website iwantgreatcare.org. The site www.iwantgreatcare.org was launched last month
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Private GP service provider pilots telehealth

A private company that runs almost 40 NHS general practices is piloting a telehealth solution in one of its surgeries.
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Private GP providers’ technology

The private providers winning contracts to run general practices have information technology close to the top of their agendas, Fiona
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