GPs not there on records access – survey
e-Health Insider
“The overwhelming majority of GP practices are not ready to implement the government’s flagship NHS IT pledge to give patients online access to their records by 2015.
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Inviting patients to read their doctors’ notes: a quasi-experimental study and a look ahead
Delbanco T et al, Annals of internal medicine, 157(7)
BACKGROUND
Little information exists about what primary care physicians (PCPs) and patients experience if patients are invited to read their doctors’ office notes.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the effect on doctors and patients of facilitating patient access to visit notes over secure Internet
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Computers are meaningless in health care without computable data
Margalit Gur-Arie, KevinMD
“If this were a business concerned with bottom lines, cash flows and sustainability, this would be a good time to begin planning one of those posh executive retreats to evaluate current strategy. People would be feverishly working on pulling data for PowerPoint presentations, summarizing market research and deciding whether to select the vegetarian meal or not.
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Geen uitwisseling dossier zonder toestemming patiënt
Mark van Dorresteijn, Zorgvisie
“De uitwisseling van medische patiëntgegevens via het Landelijk Schakelpunt (LSP) kan vanaf januari 2013 alleen nog met toestemming van de patiënt. Dat is volgens de eisen die het College Bescherming Persoonsgegevens (CBP) aan het LSP stelt. Dat stelt de Vereniging van Zorgaanbieders voor Zorgcommunicatie (VZVZ).
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Guide exults virtues of patient access to GP records
Practice Business
“A guide to personal health records (PHRs) released by the the Patient Information Forum (PiF) has highlighted the challenges that practices face in reaching the government’s target of giving every patient access to their GP records by 2015.
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Four TPP practices pilot records access
Rebecca Todd, e-Health Insider
“Four TPP practices are piloting a scheme to provide patients with access to their health records online; but the company’s clinical director has said many GPs still have concerns.
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Patient access to GP records by 2015
Rebecca Todd, e-Health Insider
“Providing patients access to their online records by 2015 is one of the few specific commitments in the government’s newly released NHS information strategy.
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Should the GPC be supporting access or making it more difficult?
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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NHS patients need online access to records by 2015
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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Patients need access and understanding of their electronic health records
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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Patient records access standard urged
Rebecca Todd, e-Health Insider
“New research on patient records access recommends a set of national standards for implementation, training and promotion and a centralised IT support service.
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ICMCC Guest post: Patient access to GP electronic health records
Lodewijk Bos, ICMCC
“Dr. Amir Hannan is GP in the UK and one of the first who started giving his patients full access to their medical records. During the ICMCC Event 2007 he presented the concept of a “Partnership of Trust“.
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How patients use access to their electronic GP record–a quantitative study
Bhavnani V et al, Family Practice, 28(2)
BACKGROUND
Record access is likely to become an integral part of routine care in the UK. While existing research suggests that record access improves self-care and improves relationships between patients and clinicians, little is known about how patients make use of their ability to access their records or the impact that this has on health behaviour.
AIM
To explore patients’ use of access to their electronic GP record and the impact of that process on their health behaviour.
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White paper backs Choose and Book
Lyn Whitfield, e-Health Insider
“The NHS white paper published yesterday by health secretary Andrew Lansley gives a major role to Choose and book in radically extending patient choice across the health service.
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GP leaders forced to produce care record advice
Richard Staines, Pulse
“London LMCs have created an online information resource for GPs to ensure they are aware of roll-out of the Summary Care Record across the capital.
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Personal health records continued
Dave West, HSJ Blogs
“Following my frustrated experiments with three personal health records last week, Brian Fisher, a GP in south London and public and patient involvement lead at the NHS Alliance, has drawn my attention to another option.
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This May Be a Much Better Way to Do Shared Electronic Health Records.
David More, Australian Health Information Technology
“It seems to me EMIS have a practical and sensible architecture that can really make GP and Specialist practices hum while at the same time enabling access to relevant information by those who need it with the agreement of the patient and clinicians.
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GPs urged to be ‘constantly alert’ on privacy
Fiona Barr, e-Health Insider Primary Care
“GPs have been advised to be “constantly alert” to potential threats to patient confidentiality and privacy as their representatives back an opt-in model for data sharing.
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Fresh call for patient opt-in to Summary Care Record
Pulse
“LMC leaders have issued a stark challenge to NHS IT chiefs over the rollout of the Summary Care Record, in a fresh call for an end to implied consent and a return to an opt-in model.
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Bange huisartsen
Mario Gibbels, ICTZorg
“Waarom zijn huisartsen zo bang voor patiënten die hun EPD willen inzien? Ik begrijp het eerlijk gezegd niet zo goed.
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