Special report: Information and record sharing across healthcare communities
Fiona Barr hears about the growing sophistication of information and record sharing models, and about some of the different systems that are being put through their paces by vanguards and pioneers.
Shared Records
TechUK advises on info sharing
TechUK has produced recommendations for safe and effective information sharing in health and social care.
Cyber Security
Wales adopts NHS Number
NHS Wales has adopted the NHS Number as the official patient identifier for all of its IT systems.
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Milton Keynes expands record sharing
Milton Keynes is expanding its shared electronic patient record project to include community and mental health services.
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Patient data: not sharing a ‘breach’
GPs could be investigated for failing to share patient data when there is a duty to do so, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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Cumbria launches social care referrals
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust is now able to refer patients to social care services at the “press of a button.”
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West London CCGs work on data sharing
An alliance of West London clinical commissioning groups is developing a memorandum of understanding to improve data sharing between the area’s GP practices.
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Birmingham reboots central care record
A “proof of concept” trial for a Birmingham central care record is underway, following an overhaul of the troubled project.
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Trusts must back integration – Monitor
Failing to share health and social care records might be evidence of a breach of the new integrated care condition of the NHS provider licence, according to a consultation by Monitor.
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Power to the people on: the great confidentiality face-off
Confidentiality can’t just be toggled on and off, because it goes to the heart of the doctor/patient relationship. Paul Hodgkin argues modern IT systems need to reflect that.
Digital Patient