With the recent announcement from NHS England that all patients within England will have access to their prospective (future) medical records from November 1st 2022, there has been quite a debate as to what this means for patients and GP practices. What does it really mean!
Read MoreData Sharing – Was COPI Trustworthy?
In March 2020 NHS Digital issued a series of Control Of Patient Information (COPI) notice that required NHS Digital to share confidential patient information with organisations entitled to process this under COPI for COVID-19 purposes.
Now that we are a couple of years on – how trustworthy was this approach – let’s have a look at the (available) data.
Read MoreProductivity with EMIS Web – Tip 2
In this second tip on speeding up EMIS Web, we got EMIS to look at some of our PCs and discovered that there is a common – but often overlooked reason for PCs to slow down.
It’s all to do with keeping EMIS Web workflow clean!
We got our IT facilitators to go round and support practices with this tip and it made a noticeable impact to speeding up EMIS!
Read MoreProductivity with EMIS Web – Tip 1
Are you getting frustrated with EMIS Web slowing down?
If so, you’re not the only ones! Lots are finding it an issue from slow processes to frequent crashes.
I’ve started to collate some solutions to this problem and will be posting them regularly when I come across some solutions. The first tip is what hardware is optimal!
Patient Online Access – A Guide For Primary Care
Patients can now access and transact with their practice online using a variety of web-based applications. It allows the patient to transact with their Practice online at a time convenient to them.
Current functionality for patients through online applications such as the NHS App allow patients to transact with:
- Appointments to be booked or cancelled online
- Repeat Prescription Requests
- Medical Record online access
Ramadan 2022
Ramadan is a special time for Muslims around the world where they harness the spiritual month of fasting to reflect and be mindful of their health as we fast during this holy month. Here are some resources for you, your organisation and your patients.
Read MoreAn Open Letter to the Government regarding GPDPR
As data controllers and doctors with a duty of confidence to their patients, GPs are obliged to ensure that patients are properly informed of significant new data processing and that their permission has been sought prior to us sharing their data – and that this data is and will be handled responsibly, securely, and transparently.
Read MoreGPDPR – An Open Letter to GP Practices
This is an open letter to all GP Practices working in the NHS to highlight data concerns that have been planned by NHS Digital. Patients should be aware of the how their data is used and GP practice staff should be aware of how best to inform their patients.
Read MoreRamadan 2021
Ramadan will still feel different for Muslims this year as it’s observed during a period of lockdown and we need to be mindful of our health as we fast during this holy month. Here are some resources for you, your organisation and your patients.
Read MoreGP Data Sharing
From the 1st July 2021, patient data from GP records will be extracted and sent to NHS Digital for the purposes of “planning and research”.
Patients of course have the right to object – but the question is whether patients have been consulted? And who’s responsibility is this?
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