NHS information strategy, is it a disaster?
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I almost spilt my tea when I read in 9th June BMJ about the new NHS information strategy. It seems that by 2015 all GPs must make secure on line access to ,personal records,appointment,, repeat bookin
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NHS information strategy, is it a disaster?
posted at 9/6/2012 11:25 PM BST
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I almost spilt my tea when I read in 9th June BMJ about the new NHS information strategy. It seems that by 2015 all GPs must make secure on line access to ,personal records,appointment,, repeat booking and communications to the practice.All patients must be able to access their notes on line . In an ideal world this might seem like a good thing , but in the real world of General Practice , when are GP going to get the time to check that all there records are perfect? It is going to be hugely costly, and I think I know who is going to be expected to pay. In these litigious times I think I see a number of no win no fee lawyers offering to trawl through your note looking for mistakes. A disaster waiting to happen I think. sort of makes me glad that I am 65 in 2015 and will retire :) Sry about typos , no spell checker on ipad
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Re: NHS information strategy, is it a disaster?
posted at 9/6/2012 11:41 PM BST
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It is a good & clinically important strategy to keep & maintain online EMR's. In view of the benefits of EMR, the policy that by 2015 all GPs must make secure on line access to, personal records, appointment, repeat booking and communications to the practice, & that all patients must be able to access their notes on line, seems a wise one prospectively! |
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Re: NHS information strategy, is it a disaster?
posted at 10/6/2012 12:23 AM BST
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I have about 80 phone backs , see about 30 patients, do a couple of visits, look at about 50 or more letters, deal with lab reports, emails , prescriptions and the numerous other things that Inner City practice has to offer on a Monday. We have about 9 thousand patients between the equivalent of about 5 doctors. Where am I to get any extra time to do this extra work? This strategy, if if is any thing like the NHS spine will be an expensive disaster and this time I think the Government wants GPs to pay for it. What about the risks of information not being secure? No system is 100 percent , once information is out in e space it is difficult to keep it secure. Sry I get more like Victor Meldrew ( British situation comedy) as I get older. |
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Re: NHS information strategy, is it a disaster?
posted at 10/6/2012 12:05 PM BST
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In Response to Re: NHS information strategy, is it a disaster?: And patients secondary care notes? Will these too also be on line? Posted by Pat Lush Of course the secondary care notes should also be online being a part of the patient's EMR. I do agree that no online data is secure today & it is this aspect, which could be disastrous regarding online EMR's as the 'confidentiality' could be lost. Nevertheless, it is quite likely that nearly all the countries would make the strategy of online /offline EMR's mandatory in the future, considering the usefulness & simplicity of the EMR. |
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Re: NHS information strategy, is it a disaster?
posted at 20/6/2012 8:52 AM BST
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From a strategy standpoint that’s the future. However, going by the performance of the Obama health bill in the US, It would be fair if the doctors still experience and express certain level of skepticism in this matter. “Security” is a valid concern, however, as a person who has dealt with these systems and continue to do so, I can say that these EMR systems come with high levels of encryption and the security concern is reduced to a mere mind-game. In Response to NHS information strategy, is it a disaster?: I almost spilt my tea when I read in 9th June BMJ about the new NHS information strategy. It seems that by 2015 all GPs must make secure on line access to ,personal records,appointment,, repeat booking and communications to the practice.All patients must be able to access their notes on line . In an ideal world this might seem like a good thing , but in the real world of General Practice , when are GP going to get the time to check that all there records are perfect? It is going to be hugely costly, and I think I know who is going to be expected to pay. In these litigious times I think I see a number of no win no fee lawyers offering to trawl through your note looking for mistakes. A disaster waiting to happen I think. sort of makes me glad that I am 65 in 2015 and will retire :) Sry about typos , no spell checker on ipad Posted by Pat Lush |
