HealthSpace

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20 June 2008

Patient information easily obtained by phone

A team of doctors has warned that confidential patient information can be easily obtained from GP practices over the telephone
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18 June 2008

Consumer health IT identified as disruptive change

The NHS Confederation has identified new IT services that could change the behaviour of patients as some of the most disruptive
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11 June 2008

FOI appeal on summary records legal status

A GP campaigning against the consent model for the Summary Care Record has taken his battle to the Information Commissioner’s
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10 June 2008

Connecting for Health to take over NHS Choices

NHS Connecting for Health is to take over responsibility for the NHS Choices portal, the government’s national patient portal for
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12 May 2008

Evaluating SCR options

A busy summer lies ahead as the implications of the evaluation of the Summary Care Record are considered, Fiona Barr
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6 May 2008

Urgent review of SCR consent model recommended

The independent evaluation of the Summary Care Record has recommended an urgent review of its implied consent model and questioned
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19 March 2008

HealthSpace wins clinician vote

HealthSpace, the NHS’s own personal health record project, has been voted the most exciting part of the NHS national IT
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4 March 2008

Patient information: how ICTs can help

Fiona Barr looks at the role information technology can play in providing greater information for patients.
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10 January 2008

The big screen

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised to introduce free screening for stroke, diabetes, heart and kidney disease. Joe Fernandez looks
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21 December 2007

PCTs must roll-out summary records in 2008-09

PCT IM&T plans for the next financial year must include the roll-out of the Summary Care Record and the full
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