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Within GP IT Futures functional requirements are expressed at the highest level as capabilities (e.g. Recording Consultations). Each capability includes the following:
Description: A brief description of the capabilities capability's scope.
Outcomes: The key business outcomes encompassed by the capability.
Epics: A capability comprises one or more epics (i.e. user stories). Each epic has a brief description and one or more acceptance criteria (i.e. the criteria that must be met in order to evidence that a catalogue solution Catalogue Solution provides the function(s) encompassed by the epic.
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The following capabilities are referred to as foundation capabilities and are important to understand as they represent a gateway into the receipt of GMS funding – see here for more detail.funding
- Appointments management - GP
- GP referral management
- GP resource management
- Patient information maintenance
- Prescribing
- Recording consultations.
In addition to the predefined capabilities, suppliers can define Productivity Capabilities for functions that are applicable to primary care, but are not encompassed by the predefined capabilities. These productivity capabilities will be grouped into themes and the Catalogue Solutions mapping to them will be available via the Catalogue. [I am told the Catalogue will not support the searching of productivity capabilities for some time, hence the minimal info provided here.]
What are capabilities used for?
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Overarching Standards: These apply to all capabilities capabilities and therefore all solutions (e.g. the Clinical Safety Standard).
Context Specific Standards: These apply to one or more specific capabilities (e.g. the Interoperability Standard).
Capability Specific Standards: Many capabilities have one of these standards. These standards express additional functional requirements for the capability.
What are standard Standards used for?
Standards will be used by:
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