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RCGP backs ‘opt-in’ model for national care records

The Royal College of General Practitioners has decided to back an ‘opt-in’ model for the national NHS Care Records Service
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EMIS set to pilot new e-records system

GP computer supplier EMIS is about to pilot its new electronic record system linking practices with community teams including district
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Doctors ethics committee undecided on NCRS consent

The British Medical Association’s ethics committee has decided not to back any consent model for the NHS Care Records Service
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Meet the suppliers: Liquidlogic

EHI Primary Care talks to health and social care software specialist Liquidlogic, one of the suppliers to have thrived under
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Not so secure

Fiona Barr explains the background to the recent controversy over confidentiality in the personal demographics service.
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Demographic service poses security risk, say senior GPs

The two most senior GP representatives in England have written to Connecting for Health to demand reassurances on patient confidentiality
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GPC says summary care record must be ‘opt-in’

The General Practitioner Committee of the BMA on Thursday passed a recommendation for patient data to only be loaded up
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GP calls for judicial review of NCRS consent

A GP is calling for a judicial review of the government’s consent plans for the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS).
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National children’s database gets go-ahead

The government has given the go-ahead for the creation of an electronic information sharing index containing information on all children
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New mothers in Wales first to have access to EHRs

New mothers are to be among the first in Wales to receive access to their own electronic health records constructed
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