Patient information easily obtained by phone
A team of doctors has warned that confidential patient information can be easily obtained from GP practices over the telephone after getting patient data from 45 practices without any verification in more than a third of cases. Dr Ed Fitzgerald and colleagues from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust contacted 45 different GP practices to obtain […]
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Consumer health IT identified as disruptive change
The NHS Confederation has identified new IT services that could change the behaviour of patients as some of the most disruptive innovations facing the health service. In a paper for debate at its annual conference this week, the Confederation reviews a number of technologies that could have a significant impact on the NHS over the next […]
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FOI appeal on summary records legal status
A GP campaigning against the consent model for the Summary Care Record has taken his battle to the Information Commissioner’s Office. Dr Paul Thornton, a GP in Warwickshire, has lodged a Freedom of Information Act appeal with the Information Commissioner after the Department of Health refused to release its legal advice on the legal status […]
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Connecting for Health to take over NHS Choices
NHS Connecting for Health is to take over responsibility for the NHS Choices portal, the government’s national patient portal for delivering patient choice and health information services. Following the transfer, NHS Choices will become the point of access for HealthSpace, the online organiser used to give people access to their NHS Summary Care Record. It […]
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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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Urgent review of SCR consent model recommended
The independent evaluation of the Summary Care Record has recommended an urgent review of its implied consent model and questioned whether a national system should be rejected in favour of a series of linked smaller systems.
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HealthSpace wins clinician vote
HealthSpace, the NHS’s own personal health record project, has been voted the most exciting part of the NHS national IT programme. Dr Gillian Braunold, clinical lead for the Summary Care Record (SCR) and HealthSpace, revealed the results of the vote last week. Speaking on Thursday, 13 March at a DH press conference, she said “The […]
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Patient information: how ICTs can help
Fiona Barr looks at the role information technology can play in providing greater information for patients.
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The big screen
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised to introduce free screening for stroke, diabetes, heart and kidney disease. Joe Fernandez looks at the IT involved.
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PCTs must roll-out summary records in 2008-09
PCT IM&T plans for the next financial year must include the roll-out of the Summary Care Record and the full implementation of Directly Bookable Services (DBS) for Choose and Book, according to latest guidance from the Department of Health. The guidance sets out the DH’s key expectations on IM&T for 2008/9 and the roles of […]
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