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16 August 2007

Somerset LMC reports confidentiality breaches

Somerset Local Medical Committee (LMC) has reported two ‘significant and worrying’ breaches of patient electronic data confidentiality, both by individuals
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14 August 2007

New guidance on information disclosure to PCTs

The British Medical Association has issued new guidance to GPs on confidentiality and disclosure of information to primary care trusts.
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20 July 2007

CompuGroup outbids IBA for iSoft

iSoft has today announced that it has accepted an unsolicited £160m all cash offer by Germany’s CompuGroup, trumping a previously
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26 June 2007

Summary Care Record now caters for cautious patients

Members of the public who don’t think they want their summary care record shared but would still like to keep
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19 June 2007

DH explains summary and detailed records

Guidance on how the two elements of the NHS electronic patient record – the detailed and summary records – will
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11 June 2007

Bury PCT becomes second site for summary care records

More than 20 GP practices from Bury Primary Care Trust (PCT) have become the second early adopter site for the
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5 June 2007

GP representatives to call for public enquiry on CRS

GPs representatives are to hear calls for a public inquiry into the cost of the NHS Care Records Service (CRS)
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31 May 2007

MDU issues warning on practice website info

GP practices offering health information on their websites must make it clear that the information is intended solely for patients
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29 May 2007

Shared records aid cuts in outpatient visits

Electronic consultations by secondary care clinicians with access to shared care records can save up to 70% of outpatient appointments,
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21 May 2007

Government backs pharmacist access to EPR

The government has backed plans for pharmacists to be allowed access to electronic patient records but says the public will
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