South Worcestershire, Redditch and Bromsgrove and Wyre Forest CCGs are rolling out advanced cloud-based VOIP telephone services across the region’s GP surgeries. The move will provide patients with easier access to healthcare, staff with the ability to work more efficiently and remotely, and doctors with a cost-effective platform to reduce […]
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Opinion Piece: Practices need to seize the opportunity of consolidating IT systems
The trend for surgeries to become part of wider networks or federations of practices creates a great opportunity for them to use technology to work more effectively with their patients and peers, argues Paul Bensley, managing director of X-on. Increasing numbers of GP practices across the UK are looking to […]
Microtest wins over 100 new GP practices in Wales
111 GP surgeries in Wales have chosen Microtest as their clinical IT system supplier, following presentations across the country over a three – month period. Almost two thirds of EMIS Health practices in Wales have elected to migrate to Microtest Open Evolution, as well as some practices which currently use […]
GPs urged to make most of cancer screening dashboard
GPs and health organisations are being urged to help to improve rates of potentially lifesaving cervical screening by making the most of an innovative online data tool. The interactive data dashboard provides in-depth information on screening levels and shows where they could be improved. It was launched a year ago […]
Half of acute trusts switched over to the NHS e-Referral Service
More than 50 per cent of acute hospital trusts in England have switched off paper referrals and are now processing GP referrals for outpatient appointments digitally. The traditional paper method is currently being phased out across all trusts and from 1 October 2018, providers will no longer be paid for […]
Dictate.it launches next generation medical speech recognition ‘Dictate IT Live’
Dictate.it has launched a new medical speech recognition platform ‘Dictate IT Live’ – with a two months no-cost, no-commitment free trial for the primary care health market. The company has developed a Deep Neural Network based UK medical ASR engine which provides users with unparalleled accuracy from first use, with […]
New 5 step guide launched to help a digital primary care
The Eastern Academic Health Science Network, one of 15 AHSNs in England, has produced a lessons learnt and implementation guide with support from the Lea Valley Health Federation in Hertfordshire. The five-step-guide focuses on the patient engagement element of delivering a digital primary care service. The digital primary care guide […]
County Durham and Darlington NHS FT referrals go electronic
County Durham and Darlington NHS FT has eliminated paper hospital referrals from GPs and gone 100% electronic– thanks to a joint initiative with NHS Digital. The news comes as NHS England announces that from October 1 this year, trusts will only be paid for outpatient appointments that are booked electronically. […]
One Health Lewisham adopts virtual health assistant to reduce burden on GPs
One Health Lewisham, a federation of all 38 GP surgeries in Lewisham, has signed a two year deal with Sensely and its partner Advanced to deploy the virtual health assistant app, Ask NHS. The solution will enable general practices to better manage patient demand, reducing the burden on and saving […]
New podcast features GPs pioneering genomics projects
The third Primary Care Talks podcast has been released where host Dr Hasan Chowhan, discusses bringing first-of-a-kind genomic testing projects into primary care with Cambridge GP, Dr Alina Roser. Both GPs are currently running projects exploring how pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing can benefit patients and improve the accuracy of prescribing, to ensure […]
