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GP call for IT cash for on-line targets

GP call for IT cash for on-line targets

GP leaders are pressing for greater investment in practice IT to meet government targets for patients moving on-line. The government has made improving on-line access to GPs a priority – and says that 10% of patients should be using internet-based services by next year. But Royal College of GPs chair Dr Maureen Baker warned this…

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Stressed by your computer – PM Polly

March 22, 2016, by in Funny, IT & Technology, Stress 1 Comment

IT – it stands for Information Technology you know?  For me IT also stands for I and then also Temper.  This is because I lose my Temper quite a lot with IT. The clinical system is fab – when it works.  An example of how my temper tantrum boils up like a teenager who has…

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Practice website improvement checklist

Does your practice website make sense

Do your patients get the right message when they visit your website? Does the information on your Home page help rather than hinder? What is the difference between practice news, a newsletter and an important announcement? Read on for some simple, non-technical advice on making your website make sense.. Keep a tidy Home page There…

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Is your practice listed correctly on Google?

Is your practice listed correctly on Google

Google is by far the most popular search engine. Across the globe, 88% of people searching the Internet on a desktop computer in November 2015 used Google. For mobiles the figure was even higher at 94%. So it’s important that when patients, prospective patients and their carers use Google to look up your practice, the…

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Keeping on top of your emails

November 17, 2015, by in IT & Technology 0 Comments

Emails

It’s a sad day when the only email you receive is one that you’ve sent to yourself. But as a GP Practice Manager your Inbox is likely to become full even if you turn away from the screen for a second. Some emails may be junk, others may be “urgent”’ and ‘important’. There are few…

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Smartphones: Revolutionary tool or headache for practice managers?

September 10, 2015, by in IT & Technology 2 Comments

Smartphones in General Practice

Last week’s NHS England’s Health and Care Expo was awash with big, bold statements made by the ‘big names’ of the healthcare sector about the future uptake of technology in general practice. From electronic patient records through to online triage, internet appointment systems and SMS utilisation, if everything that was said is to be believed…

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Why we need to step into the world of digital innovation

September 10, 2015, by in IT & Technology, News 1 Comment

NHS digital innovation

The NHS mantra should be: “Every patient needs a barcode”. That was the thought outlined by Tim Kelsey, NHS England’s National Director for Patients and Information and Chair of the National Information Board, as he opened last week’s Health and Care Innovation Expo 2015 conference in Manchester. He told delegates: “Hospitals across the country are…

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