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Peter Suderman, Reason
“It’s hard to imagine a better environment in which to test a government-run health information technology system than Britain’s National Health Service. The system is fully socialized, with a single government payer, universal enrollment, and doctors employed directly by the state. There are roughly 60 million beneficiaries, which is big enough to see if the system can scale, but perhaps not so big that it’s sure to be overwhelming.
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5 February 2012 | No Comments »
Categories: News, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Virtual Reality
3gdoctor, mHealth Insight
“Pulse, the UK’s leading weekly publication for UK GP’s, reports on the GPC’s warning to government on their plans to give patients online access to their full GP record by 2015 as part of its ‘Information Revolution’:
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3 February 2012 | No Comments »
Categories: News, RA News, Record Access, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Benefits, GP
Rebecca Todd, e-Health Insider
“EMIS has re-launched its patient information website with a new look and plans for a a series of apps; including one that will let patients book an appointment from their smartphone.
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2 February 2012 | No Comments »
Categories: News, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Appointments, Health Information, Platform, Website
Rebecca Todd, e-Health Insider Acute
“Health and social care organisations have called for a new body to be set up to develop clinical record standards to support the development of electronic health records.
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25 January 2012 | No Comments »
Categories: News, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Standards
Rebecca Todd, e-Health Insider Acute
“GP leaders have said they are concerned giving patients access to their online record could risk their medical history being used against them, and may create more work for GPs having to explain medical terms to worried patients.
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22 January 2012 | No Comments »
Categories: News, RA News, Record Access, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Access, Patient, Risks
e-Health Insider Acute
“Conservative MP Richard Bacon has called for a halt to all Cerner Millennium deployments following appointment problems and delays at the latest trusts to go-live with the system – North Bristol and Oxford.
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20 January 2012 | No Comments »
Categories: News, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Appointments, Failure, Patient Safety
Chris Lancelot, GP Online
“Patients will soon be able to view their medical records online, if the NHS Future Forum’s recent suggestion is adopted by the government.
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15 January 2012 | 1 Comment »
Categories: News, RA News, Record Access, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Access, Patient, Risks
Rebecca Smith, The Telegraph
“Government advisers have said that access to GP medical records online is a vital ‘first step’ towards patients feeling that they truly own information held about them.
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11 January 2012 | No Comments »
Categories: News, RA News, Record Access, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Access, Patient
Public Service
“NHS patients must be given access to their own medical records online before the end of this Parliament to enable them to better manage their own health, the NHS Future Forum has urged.
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11 January 2012 | No Comments »
Categories: News, RA News, Record Access, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Access, GP, Patient
Rebecca Todd, e-Health Insider
“Algorithms designed to help the early detection of cancer may be integrated into GP IT systems.
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9 January 2012 | No Comments »
Categories: News, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): GP, Oncology
Lyn Whitfield, e-Health Insider Acute
“Two think-tanks that are well-known for influencing government policy have called for a major investment in IT to promote integrated care.
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6 January 2012 | No Comments »
Categories: News, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Data Sharing, integration
Denis Campbell, The Guardian
“NHS patients will be allowed to see and edit their medical records under proposals in a government-commissioned report.
The plan is contained in a report that an expert advisory group, headed by Professor Steve Field, the coalition’s NHS troubleshooter, is finalising before handing it to the Department of Health.
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23 December 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News, RA News, Record Access, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Access, Patient
HealthTechWire
“Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to implement a clinical portal to enable clinicians to access patient data from multiple core systems through a single, integrated, patient-centric view. This is part of a move towards a ‘paper light’ environment.
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21 December 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Access, Hospitals, Physicians, Portal
Rebecca Todd, e-Health Insider Acute
“The government wants to change the NHS Constitution so that patient information is automatically included in clinical research.
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7 December 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Consent, Research, trials
Rebecca Todd, e-Health Insider Acute
“Privacy groups say a government plan to share anonymised NHS data with commercial companies will herald the “death of patient confidentiality”.
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6 December 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Confidentiality, Data Protection, Data Sharing, Privacy
BBC News
“Healthcare companies could be given access to anonymous NHS patient records and other NHS data under new plans.
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5 December 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Confidentiality, Consent, Data Sharing, Patient, Research
Charles Wright, eHealthCentral
“I’ve written about Dr Amir Hannan’s personal campaign to make patients’ health records available to them, and now the English GP goes further in a piece in The Guardian’s Healthcare Network, in which he says that patients who have access to their records and the resources their doctors use report needing to see their doctor less often and feeling better prepared to navigate the health system.
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1 December 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News, RA News, Record Access, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Access, Benefits, Patient
Jeremy Laurance, The Independent
“All patients in England are to have online access to their personal GP records by 2015.
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1 December 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News, RA News, Record Access, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Access, Patient
Amir Hannan, Guardian Professional
“The NHS needs to change. As the costs of healthcare escalate, huge efficiency savings need to be found through improvements in quality and productivity with the spotlight rightly on elderly and vulnerable patients receiving dignified and compassionate care.
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30 November 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News, Record Access, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Access, GP, Map of Medicine, Patient
Tom Moberly, GP Online
“NHS patients will be able to access their own personal health records online by 2015, the government has announced.
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30 November 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News, RA News, Record Access, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Access, Patient
