Patient access

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Half a million patient correspondents were lost by NHS shared business service.
22 July 2013

Health data access for just £1

NHS England wants to reduce the cost for researchers to access expanded healthcare datasets from around £30,000 to £1.
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27 June 2013

Clinical support key to patient access

Patient involvement and clinical support are key to increasing online access to GP records.
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21 June 2013

Vision for a 2022 GP

Patients of the future will expect to use social media and virtual clinics to interact with their GPs, the Royal
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20 June 2013

Forum presents ‘Case for Information’

The Patient Information Forum has published a report on the benefits of providing information to patients and carers.
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10 June 2013

GP suppliers welcome open APIs

Principal GP system suppliers are backing the government’s move to require open application programme interfaces to encourage innovation in the
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24 May 2013

GP contract changes focus on IT

Four new enhanced services for GP practices include investment in risk stratification, telehealth and online patient access.
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7 May 2013

‘Health Online’ to push records access

NHS England is running a ‘Health Online Programme’ working towards 100% electronic referrals and patient access to their records online.
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3 May 2013

Online community for brain disease

A patient-run online platform for information and comments about rare diseases, has launched its 40th community.
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26 February 2013

Access denied

The government has promised that patients will have online access to their GP records by 2015; yet enthusiasm from GPs
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4 December 2012

Online access leads to increased usage

A US study has found that patients with online access to their health records and email communication with their doctors
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