John Parry: Working towards a national consent model
Policy, politics and culture are encouraging information sharing; the missing piece is an efficient, scalable and legal consent model, says the clinical director of TPP.
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Ade Memoire: how long?
Adrian Byrne, the director of informatics at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, considers the timescale for the government’s paperless ambitions. Tight isn’t the word…
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CQC calls for national risk assessment model and data set
The Care Quality Commission has called for national action on the risk models and data sets that underpin initiatives to keep people out of hospital, in a report that says current integrated care initiatives are struggling.
AI and Analytics
Healthwatch England survey reveals patient sharing concerns
While most patients are happy have their medical records used to support medical research, few are comfortable with how it is being handled, Healthwatch England has reported.
Cyber Security
Integrated care pioneers ‘struggling and facing IT issues’
The government’s integrated care pioneers have made little progress and are struggling with IT and information governance issues, an official evaluation has shown.
News
Joe’s view: of consent to share
As a stroppy teenager, Joe McDonald didn’t think much of his dad’s idea that the Falklands were “there for the asking but not for the taking.” Now, though, he thinks the phrase has a lot to recommend it, applied to patient information.
CCIO Network
South East London record sharing project reaches GPs
GPs and acute trusts in Southwark and Lambeth are sharing patient records using an in-house developed portal and the Medical Interoperability Gateway.
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Doing the Lambeth Wark: Local Record Project reaches GPs
The Local Care Record project allows a two way flow of information between all GPs in Southwark and Lambeth and their local hospital trusts. Digital Health news editor Rebecca McBeth looks at the history of the project.
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Citizens’ juries back opt-out for health data
Two citizens’ juries organised by The University of Manchester have backed an opt-out model for a database of health records that could be used for research and other purposes other than direct patient care.
Cyber Security
Wellcome Trust issues new data sharing report
The Wellcome Trust has returned to the debate about the use of health data with a report arguing that researchers and companies must show ‘public benefit’ for sharing to be acceptable.
Cyber Security