information sharing

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27 January 2016

Special report: Information and record sharing across healthcare communities

Fiona Barr hears about the growing sophistication of information and record sharing models, and about some of the different systems
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20 January 2016

TechUK advises on info sharing

TechUK has produced recommendations for safe and effective information sharing in health and social care.
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A map of Wales
19 January 2016

Wales adopts NHS Number

NHS Wales has adopted the NHS Number as the official patient identifier for all of its IT systems.
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14 December 2015

Milton Keynes expands record sharing

Milton Keynes is expanding its shared electronic patient record project to include community and mental health services.
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Information Commissioner's Office
14 October 2015

Patient data: not sharing a ‘breach’

GPs could be investigated for failing to share patient data when there is a duty to do so, according to
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13 August 2015

Cumbria launches social care referrals

North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust is now able to refer patients to social care services at the “press of
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18 March 2015

West London CCGs work on data sharing

An alliance of West London clinical commissioning groups is developing a memorandum of understanding to improve data sharing between the
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22 January 2015

Birmingham reboots central care record

A “proof of concept” trial for a Birmingham central care record is underway, following an overhaul of the troubled project.
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20 January 2015

Trusts must back integration – Monitor

Failing to share health and social care records might be evidence of a breach of the new integrated care condition
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9 December 2014

Power to the people on: the great confidentiality face-off

Confidentiality can’t just be toggled on and off, because it goes to the heart of the doctor/patient relationship. Paul Hodgkin
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