Spine Archives

26 July 2005

GP2GP record transfer is under threat because the NHS spine may be unable to cope with the size and number

21 July 2005

Concerns over who will own the summary record on the spine and how the summary data will be validated are

11 July 2005

GP2GP electronic transfers of records are much quicker than their paper-based equivalents, but they won’t eliminate the need for paper

6 July 2005

Information on mental health, sexual health and infections should be excluded from the initial summary record on the spine, Connecting

1 July 2005

The Department of Health has issued a revised version of its guidance for records management in the NHS to

30 June 2005

The majority of the public are concerned about the security of their medical records being held on a central computer

29 June 2005

Doctors queued up to speak on the confidentiality issues raised by centralised electronic records in a lively open debate at the

20 June 2005

Despite improved relationships with the leadership of the BMA, last week’s Local Medical Committees’ (LMC) conference revealed just how far

14 June 2005

The government’s targets for the implementation of Choose and Book this year look almost certain to be missed, despite being

7 June 2005

A primary care trust issued smartcards to all its practices which had the same PIN for every user; and furthermore, the number was stuck

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