http://whoseeswhat.org.uk Using electronic patient records for healthcare and research Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:22:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The big vote has now closed. Thank you to everyone who has contributed. We'll be posting the results here soon. And expect those results to look very different to the ones below: in the end, nearly twice as many people voted on paper as online. http://whoseeswhat.org.uk/2010/06/big-vote-closed/ [poll id="2"] Please vote by creating an account and then rating the options in order of preference from 1 (favourite) to 5 (least favourite). We’re reaching the end of our public debate on electronic patient records in the NHS and we’d like you to contribute to an online vote which helps us think ... http://whoseeswhat.org.uk/2010/06/bigvote/ Huge news for electronic patient records today as the Department of Health announces a halt to the rollout of the Summary Care Record database. The database, which will share key medical details with doctors and nurses across the UK, has been heavily criticised by both medical groups and civil rights ... http://whoseeswhat.org.uk/2010/04/scr-rollout-halted/ With the election season officially in full swing, the political parties have published their manifestos, starting an intense campaign process.  Whichever party winds up in power following May’s election, the NHS will be subject to a number of changes that will affect the way we receive care.  Below is a ... http://whoseeswhat.org.uk/2010/04/party-manifestos-spell-out-policies-for-record-system/ You may have missed it, but the last month has seen the simmering disagreement about Summary Care Records explode into open warfare as a number of groups have called on the NHS to halt its accelerated roll-out of the database. The row centres on the way the roll-out has been handled. ... http://whoseeswhat.org.uk/2010/03/summary-care-records-row-the-story-so-far/ Big news for electronic patient records this week. Doctors' representative body, The British Medical Association has called for uploads to the Summary Care Records service to be halted. Smarthealthcare has the story: The British Medical Association has written to health minister Mike O'Brien, expressing 'serious concern' about the widespread introduction of ... http://whoseeswhat.org.uk/2010/03/doctors-groups-calls-for-summary-care-records-uploads-to-be-halted/ This is a guest post from Sophia Hatfield of Pathways, a Manchester-based consultation and community engagement organisation. I’ve been running Democs games across the North West with the Pathways Team and have consulted lots of different groups with very different reasons to take an interest the project. Most Patient Groups and ... http://whoseeswhat.org.uk/2010/02/who-sees-what-a-view-from-the-trenches/ Over on Smarth Healtchare, Phil Booth, head of the NO2ID campaign against ID cards, has written a scorching attack on the Summary Care Record. "The creation of centralised systems that make sensitive personal information accessible to many, and not just those directly involved in providing care, undermines the confidence patients can ... http://whoseeswhat.org.uk/2010/02/why-do-people-worry-about-electronic-patient-records/ Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Norman Lamb laid out his party's vision for the future of the NHS at a high profile policy speech earlier this month and had some interesting things to say about patient records systems.  Lamb’s vision is of an NHS that empowers individuals, with easy access to ... http://whoseeswhat.org.uk/2010/02/389/ Last week I was lucky enough to attend a Who Sees What discussion event run by an older people's forum in the North West. One of the most interesting points to come out of the discussion was fears about the accuracy of records. One member of the group quite rightly ... http://whoseeswhat.org.uk/2010/01/changing-records-gets-easier/