As the deadline for the 1st November approaches to switch on Prospective Online Record Access for patients to view their GP record, there is quite a lot of confusion as to what needs to be initiated and completed by GP practices. This has not been helped by the delay by NHS England publishing guidance and clinical safety documentation and the clinical systems changing the way that records should be prepared. Based on current issues, I have discussed the issues and considered some options for GP Primary Care.
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Managing Online Visibility in EMIS Web
There are lots of developments and changes happening within EMIS Web that are changes that are being introduced in advance of opening up patient access to GP records.
Overall, patient access to medical records is something that we should be encouraging and supporting, but it needs to be done with adequate safeguards in place.
Here, I have discussed a recent EMIS change that changes the way that online access visibility is managed within EMIS Web.
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