SCR uploads to continue during review
Summary Care Records will continue to be created and uploaded to the Spine while the programme is under review but no new patient information campaigns will be launched, EHI Primary Care can reveal.
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SCR evaluation finds few benefits
The final report of a three year evaluation of the Summary Care Record has found that it has yet to deliver significant benefits, despite “high cost and enormous effort.”
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Greenhalgh slams Burns SCR review
The leader of the independent Summary Care Record review has described the government’s promise to doctors to conduct another review as an “absolute disgrace.”
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SCR evaluation costs £1m
Health minister Mike O’Brien has revealed that University College London will be paid very nearly £1m for its evaluations of the Summary Care Record and HealthSpace.
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SCR suffers from variable GP data
A confidential draft report from the evaluation of the Summary Care Record says data uploaded from GP practices is sometimes wrong but that the SCR can be useful when the data is accurate.
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Study questions value of large EPRs
Local electronic patient record systems are often more effective than larger scale projects, according to a new study by the academic leading the independent evaluation of the Summary Care Record. Professor Trish Greenhalgh and colleagues from University College London’s Department of Open Learning analysed 24 previous systematic reviews and 94 primary studies on EPRs all […]
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SCR evaluation data shows added value
Data from the evaluation of the Summary Care Record shows the SCR sometimes adds value in out-of-hours consultations but so far has made a limited contribution in secondary care, according to a report presented to Connecting for Health.
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Almost 400 delegates attended E-Health Insider’s event in Birmingham at an interesting time for NHS IT. Lyn Whitfield reports.
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