Scotland

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18 September 2008

SCR consent model changes

The NHS Care Records Board will today confirm that patients will be asked for permission to share their record at
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19 August 2008

Half of Scottish prescriptions sent electronically

Over half of all NHS prescriptions issued in Scotland are now sent electronically, latest figures show. Since the start of
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7 August 2008

Switch to ‘permission to access’ on SCR

Patient information will be uploaded to the Summary Care Record with implied consent and patients will then be able to
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30 July 2008

Implied consent set to be scrapped for SCR

The implied consent model for the Summary Care Record looks set to be scrapped in favour of a simpler model
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29 July 2008

Scotland superbug alert system delayed

The Electronic Communication of Surveillance in Scotland system, which will be used to alert doctors to superbug outbreaks, will not
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21 July 2008

Scottish GPs to prescribe telephone therapy

The Scottish government has issued £3m funding for a three year pilot study on the effects of telephone and online-based
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9 July 2008

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary uses ExtraMed software

Screenshot of BEDS system from ExtraMed NHS Grampian is planning to roll out a real-time bed management system across its
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1 July 2008

Scotland commits to incremental e-health

The Scottish government has pledged consolidate its SCI Gateway and Store, and enhance its Emergency Care Summary Service.
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30 June 2008

Scottish GPs to get choice of systems

The Scottish government is to set up a national framework contract for GP systems and launch a procurement for an
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20 June 2008

EHI’s news roundup 20.06.08

E-Health Insider’s news round up for the week ending 20 June 2008 featuring supplier news, awards and information on newly
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