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Hampshire PCT outsources GP IT support

Hampshire PCT has outsourced its IT support for all GP practices in the county to health IT specialists Healthcare Computing.
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NHS Direct launches asthma support programme

NHS Direct is to launch a telephone review and follow-up programme for all patients who have been prescribed Symbicort Maintenance
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Rapid deployment for Orion workstation system

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust in North-west England has deployed a new clinical workstation system which provides acute care
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NHS failing on offering patients choice

The NHS is failing to offer patients a choice of hospital for their outpatient appointments with barely 10% of primary care
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The XDS factor

Interest is growing in Cross Enterprise Document Sharing as a system for storing and transmitting clinical data. Nick Brown and
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A quarter of GPs say IT systems not working well

Almost one in four GPs believe their practice IT system is not working effectively, according to a major BMA survey
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Yorkshire and Humber SHA plan TPP-based EPR

Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority has adopted a new IM&T strategy that explicitly plans for the possible non-delivery of
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GPs voice key concerns over IT

GPs believe national IT projects are getting priority over their day-to-day IT needs and say problems with servers and desktops
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EMIS to roll out patient access to records

EMIS is set to roll out patient access to records across all of its practices. The primary care IT supplier,
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iSoft progress with GP contracts

iSoft says it is making progress in the primary care sector, after completing its GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) contract
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