GPs Archives

16 May 2006

EPS passes million scrips milestone

More than a million prescriptions have been transmitted via the Electronic Prescription Service, Connecting for Health has announced. The agency

11 May 2006

NPfIT could ‘transform’ drug reaction reporting

Reporting of adverse drug reactions in England could be transformed by systematic collection through the National Programme for IT, according

10 May 2006

GPs receive summaries for discharged stroke patients

GPs are to receive specialised electronic discharge summaries for stroke patients treated in Manchester Royal Infirmary, thanks to templates developed

9 May 2006

Patient records may only be shared locally, say CfH

Detailed electronic patient records will not be accessible outside the local groups of organisations that created them, in direct contradiction

9 May 2006

GPs face duty to chase e-booking ‘no shows’

GP practices are facing extra workload to chase up patients who fail to book a hospital appointment once they have

8 May 2006

Offer alternatives to self check-in, GPs advised

GP practices who use patient self check-in systems need to make sure patients are informed about their use and offered

5 May 2006

NAO says out-of-hours management information poor

Management information on out-of-hours services is poor, caused partly by problems with IT systems and compounded by inadequate telephone systems

5 May 2006

QicSCRIPT upgraded for medicine use reviews

Pharmacy software solution QicSCRIPT has been upgraded with appointment scheduling and patient identification systems so that pharmacists can deal with

3 May 2006

Quicksilva releases data spine access software

Public sector integration software specialists Quicksilva Software Solutions have released Spinal Tap, a package designed to allow accredited healthcare organisations access

2 May 2006