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Vote now for your champion of the year

Voting opens today for the Healthcare ICT Champion of the Year, a special category of the E-Health Insider Awards 2009,
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DH bans use of premium rate phone number

The Department of Health has announced that the use of premium rate phone numbers in the NHS is to be
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NI rolls out national flu surveillance

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety and the Business Services Organisation in Northern Ireland is preparing to
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Setting records straight

Peter Short, national clinical lead GP, NHS Connecting for Health, discusses the recent Shared Record Professional Guidance.
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Region-wide SCR campaigns discussed

NHS Connecting for Health is hoping to launch region-wide public information campaigns for the Summary Care Record programme. CfH’s SCR team
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CfH consults on future of GP systems

Connecting for Health has begun a consultation on what stakeholders want from GP systems and work on an enhanced roadmap
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SCR evaluation data shows added value

Data from the evaluation of the Summary Care Record shows the SCR sometimes adds value in out-of-hours consultations but so
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How swine flu affected our IT

Our grassroots columnist Dr Neil Paul explains how his practice suffered some IT complications from swine flu
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GP practices report benefits from GP2GP

Clinicians and administrative staff have reported a range of substantial benefits from use of Connecting for Health’s GP2GP electronic records
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Health promotion portal launched

A primary care IT manager has set up a website to make it easier for GP practices to run health
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