SCR integrated into Adastra
Out-of-hours provider Adastra has delivered an integrated solution for the Summary Care Record that will make access to the SCR much quicker and easier for clinicians, NHS Connecting for Health has announced. The integrated solution means out-of-hours clinicians will be able to instantly access the SCR from within Adastra, subject to confidentiality safeguards. The system […]
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CfH launches new Summary Care Record film
Connecting for Health has produced a new film detailing the experiences of patients and clinicians in the Summary Care Record (SCR) early adopter areas. The film, entitled ‘Summary Care Records: The Story So Far’ expands on literature already available to NHS patients and staff on the Care Records Service website. The video features interviews with […]
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Four-fifths of doctors say electronic record insecure
Four-fifths of doctors are concerned that current plans for patients’ health records to be available from a central database – the summary care record – will make them insecure, according to a survey for the Times. Asked what level of confidence they had that central health records will be secure, 80% of GP respondents said […]
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HealthSpace opening up to ‘advanced’ users
Registration has started for ‘advanced accounts’ offering patients the opportunity to view their Summary Care Records on HealthSpace, the NHS online personal health register. The service has opened up in tandem with the launch of the first Summary Care Records (SCRs). Nearly 50,000 of the summaries drawn from GP records in participating practices in Bolton […]
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Wait for early SCR results before rollout, says BMA
The British Medical Association (BMA) has told the Department of Health (DH) that it wants to see no further rollout of the Summary Care Record beyond the early adopter sites until the independent evaluation has been completed and ways forward agreed. It says it will advise doctors outside the early adopter primary care trusts (PCTs) […]
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Greater Manchester extends telemedicine ECG service
The Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cardiac Network have successfully piloted a new telemedicine ECG service from Broomwell HealthWatch to provide expert cardiology reporting for patients and will now roll the system out to a total of almost 150 practices. The system allows 12-lead ECGs to be carried out in the GP practice by a doctor […]
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Nuffield aims for ‘paperless’ hospital finance
Nuffield hospitals, the UK independent hospitals group, has signed a contract with document management specialists Version One to implement its electronic form design, automated document delivery and electronic payment technologies across its 40 hospitals. The Version One software will replace Nuffield’s current manual processes, which involves signing and posting cheques with hard-copy remittance advices, and […]
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Do no harm
Peter Singleton of Cambridge Health Informatics considers the case of a patient who tried to opt out of electronic recording. Efforts to preserve confidentiality go back to Hippocrates, he argues.
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Records “a potentially powerful tool” to involve patients
Over a third of patients are very interested in viewing their records, according to a US study. The researchers conclude that healthcare providers "may be failing to use a potentially powerful tool, the medical record, to involve patients in their health care". The most common reasons stated for patients wanting to look at their medical […]
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Torex Buys Oxhealth.com to Develop Electronic Health Records
In the latest of a string of recent acquisitions Torex Health has announced it is to purchase Oxhealth.com Ltd, in a deal that will see Torex taking over one of the NHS ERDIP (Electronic Record Development and Implementation Programme) pilot sites. Torex Health will pay £375,000 for Oxhealth.com, through the issue of 50,113 Torex ordinary […]
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