Journalists warned of possible ECS breach
Seven BBC journalists have been told that information held on their Emergency Care Summary in Scotland may have been inappropriately accessed by a doctor. NHS Fife wrote to the seven after discovering that a doctor working for it may have accessed the records. The health board notified Fife Police and the clinician involved has now […]
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BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008: live on the night
Almost 400 people gathered at the Millennium Mayfair hotel for the BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008. Lyn Whitfield was among them.
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BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008: the finalists
Evaluating SCR options
A busy summer lies ahead as the implications of the evaluation of the Summary Care Record are considered, Fiona Barr reports.
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Scottish pharmacies want emergency records access
Community Pharmacy Scotland, representing the owners of Scotland’s 1200 chemists, has made appropriate access to the Scottish Emergency Care Summary (ECS) part of its manifesto pledges. The organisation has called on the Scottish government to allow community pharmacists to obtain access to the record, when appropriate, as part of their latest manifesto document which lays […]
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Scottish GPs insist on explicit consent on shared records
GP practices must remain the data controller for GP records even if databases are held within a hosted environment, Scottish GP representatives have agreed. In a special debate on information sharing and confidentiality at the Scottish Local Medical Committees’ (LMCs) conference last week GPs also insisted that Scotland’s explicit consent model should remain for […]
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Scottish ECS proving a success
Launched last summer the Scottish Emergency Care Summary is already proving a success making out-of-hours communications more efficient and effective. Libby Morris, chair of SCIMP told E-Health Insider Primary Care: “Following a public information campaign about the ECS, through leaflets delivered to all 2.5 million households in the country and a further 400,000 copies of […]
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Publicity blitz for Scotland’s Emergency Care Summary
Scotland has launched a public information campaign about the transition to electronic health records with a leaflet on its Emergency Care Summary (ECS) delivered to all 2.5 million households in the country. A further 400,000 copies of the leaflet has been distributed to GP practices, primary and secondary care services north of the border. The […]
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Scots ahead
Fiona Barr looks at how electronic summaries of GP records are already in operation in Scotland, accessible by out of hours providers and with A&E departments soon to be added.
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NHS24 to get access to emergency care records
Scotland is to allow NHS24 access to emergency care summaries of patients’ GP records from June, subject to explicit consent when patients call the healthcare helpline. The extension of the Emergency Care Summary (ECS) project to NHS24 will coincide with the completion of the rollout of the project across Scotland in June when the summaries […]
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