HealthSpace seeks second opinion
NHS Connecting for Health is seeking views from clinicians on the future of its personal health record project HealthSpace, following a similar survey for patients. The online survey for clinicians asks doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals for their views on potential HealthSpace services. The patient and clinician surveys follow the news last month that staff […]
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Public asked for views on HealthSpace
Patients are being invited to give their views on the future development of the Department of Health’s personal health record project, HealthSpace.
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HealthSpace expansion plans shelved
The Department of Health has shelved plans for a massive expansion of its personal health record project, HealthSpace.
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The great Communicator
A GP practice in Harrow has become the first early adopter site for HealthSpace’s Communicator tool, enabling patients and clinicians to communicate via web technology. Stanmore Medical Centre in Harrow is the first site to begin work under the Communicator early adopter programme and is in the process of recruiting patients to use the new […]
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Guidance on EPS R2 released
NHS Connecting for Health has published detailed guidance on release two of the Electronic Prescription Service. The 70 page document provides information on how each of the business processes involved in release two will work. This includes nomination, electronic cancellation of prescriptions, use of prescription and dispensing tokens, electronic repeat dispensing and electronic submission of […]
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CfH aims for 4 million HealthSpace users by 2014
NHS Connecting for Health says it is hoping to sign up 4m patients to its online personal health record HealthSpace by 2014. The ambitious target is understood to form part of the business case for HealthSpace, for which Treasury funding is being sought. Development plans for the patient portal are still awaiting Treasury approval. HealthSpace has […]
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Watch this HealthSpace
NHS Connecting for Health is hoping to get Treasury approval in the next few weeks to develop its online health organiser HealthSpace. The organiser allows patients in some of the early adopter areas to access their Summary Care Record. They must complete strict security checks, which include presenting two forms of ID showing the same […]
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Information at heart of NHS Constitution
Providing information to support choice is a “major priority” for the health service, according to the new NHS Constitution for England. A handbook published to support the constitution, which was launched at a “historic signing ceremony” at Downing Street yesterday, highlights a number of areas in which IT and information services will be developed to […]
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This is the year to come
IT costs factored into organ donor decision
The UK Organ Donation Taskforce this week came out against moving to a system of presumed consent for organ donation, arguing the costs could outweigh the benefits. The government has accepted its recommendations and instead launched a £4.5m campaign aimed at boosting the number of donations. However, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that he […]
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