Great North Care Record Network launches to encourage further information sharing
Regional record sharing project the Great North Care Record (GNCR) has launched a new regional network to encourage greater information sharing across the North East and North Cumbria. Digital Health editor Jon Hoeksma reports.
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‘Informaticians are the backbone of healthcare’
Health Education England’s online workshop on digital readiness is currently underway and some of the early messages emerging from the discussions point towards the need for a joined-up IT system and more recognition for informatics professionals.
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Unified system to improve children’s health goes live in South Central
More than 906,000 children’s public health records from the South Central region of England have been consolidated onto one single system.
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‘Why we need set standards’, explains PRSB chair Maureen Baker
Professional Records Standard Body newly appointed chief exec explains the importance of setting care record standards across the healthcare system.
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Digital halves basic administrative work for London’s child health records
Time spent on basic administration of child health records in London has halved following the introduction of a new digital setup, one of the project’s leaders has reported at EHI Live 2017.
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Joe’s View: Consent is dead; long live citizen data sharing preferences
Joe McDonald wasn’t a hobbit in Lord of the Rings, he wasn’t at Wembley to see Geoff Hurst’s winner, but he did see Otis bowl a historic tenfer and he’s now heard Jeremy Hunt promise to put patients in control of data sharing.
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Former NHS employee guilty of snooping on patient records
A former NHS employee at Royal Stoke Hospital has been found guilty in court for snooping on patient records of her neighbours and colleagues.
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Camden integrated care record used by 1,400 staff in 18 months
More than 1,400 health and care professionals in Camden have accessed information via a shared care record since the system went live last year.
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IT issues causes 22,000 undelivered letters at Worcestershire Acute
IT issues have caused 22,000 hospital letters not to be sent to GPs at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, with an investigation underway.
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Privacy and Healthcare Data book explores changing concept of ‘privacy’ and ‘patient control’
Patients should be empowered by “the choice of control” – that is the key message addressed in the newly released industry book, Privacy and Healthcare Data.
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