An article published by Healthcare Markets on 23 January suggested that Healthcode had emerged as the ‘natural choice’ of provider to run the Consultant Information Sharing System (CISS) when it was announced by the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) at the end of last year.
This statement was based solely on editorial opinion given the company’s existing operation of the Private Practice Register and was in no way meant to suggest that it is favoured in any way by IHPN.
The IHPN wishes to make it clear that it is in the process of developing a procurement process for the selection of a partner to develop the CISS, and it is entirely incorrect to suggest that Healthcode is regarded by IHPN as the natural choice.
In a statement, the IHPN said: ‘We are keen to encourage any interested party to participate in the process which will be restarted following publication of the Paterson Report which we anticipate shortly.
‘IHPN would also emphasise that any provider, and indeed users of the CISS database when available will need to commit to confidentiality obligations both to protect personal data, and to comply with the requirements on information sharing under section 2 of the Competition Act.’
The corrected article can be read here.
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