Interim Solutions
For a number of reasons a number of GP and hospital PAS Systems had not been made compliant in time to deliver the initial Choose and Book targets set by the Department of Health. Interim solutions were devised in 2005/6 to allow patients to benefit from CaB where systems were not compliant.
- Web Based Referral (WBR) allows a GP to access Choose and Book via a standard web browser until their Clinical Computing system can be successfully upgraded.
- Indirectly Bookable Services (IBS) involves telephone call handlers in hospitals to offer CaB appointments to patients. The operator validates the patient's identity, offer a choice of available dates and times from the hospital's patient administration system and updates CaB with details of the patient's chosen appointment.
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