SCR evaluation finds few benefits
The final report of a three year evaluation of the Summary Care Record has found that it has yet to deliver significant benefits, despite “high cost and enormous effort.”
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Hell-ish
UCL’s evaluation of the Summary Care Record is out. Fiona Barr reads ‘The Devil’s in the Detail.’
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NHS Scotland gets Knowledge Network
A professional social networking site for NHS staff in Scotland has been unveiled by Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon.
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Normal for Norfolk
A telehealth scheme involving four partners won the ‘best use of telehealth and telecare’ category of the E-Health Insider Awards 2009 in association with BT.
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Cambridge trials path system with Carefx
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced it is working with workflow solutions company Carefx to pilot a proactive pathology results system.
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CSC partners with Carefx
CSC has announced a partnership with interoperability platform provider Carefx to deliver its new range of products.
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Scottish practices trial patient portal
Two GP practices in Scotland are to run a trial of an online patient portal enabling patients to access their records over the internet, the Scottish Government has announced. The Patient Portal will run at two practices in NHS Ayrshire and Arran over the next six months to enable patients to view test results and […]
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Just 752 patients view their SCR online
Just 752 patients out of the more than 1.2m who have a Summary Care Record have opted to view their SCR on HealthSpace.
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Scots GPs say paper should guide portals
GPs in Scotland have demanded that a series of security measures are introduced to protect patient confidentiality when their records are accessed electronically. Last week’s Scottish Local Medical Committees’ conference heard that GPs are coming under increasing pressure to share information from their records with the introduction of clinical portals across Scotland. However, GPs agreed […]
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Scots MPs criticise slow progress on IT
The Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee has criticised the Scottish Government for the slow roll-out of its clinical portal and limited progress on telehealth.
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