Confidentiality

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3 July 2008

GMC says patient confidentiality ‘is absolute’

Patient confidentiality is absolute; patients must give their consent before their data can be used, General Medical Council president, Sir
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30 June 2008

Darzi review stresses choice and information

Greater choice, better information and a legal duty for strategic health authorities to promote innovation are key themes of the
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16 June 2008

GPs vote to halt Care Record Service development

GP representatives overwhelmingly backed a motion to call a halt to development of the NHS Care Records Service at the
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11 June 2008

FOI appeal on summary records legal status

A GP campaigning against the consent model for the Summary Care Record has taken his battle to the Information Commissioner’s
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2 June 2008

Consultation begins on national GP data extraction

The Information Centre has announced it is beginning consultations with stakeholders for a new data extraction system that will record
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27 May 2008

GPs call for halt to centrally-held patient records

GP representatives must ensure that a halt is put to the development of centrally-held patient records, this year’s local medical
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13 May 2008

IBA boss says corner turned on iSoft

Six months after his company bought iSoft, Gary Cohen, chairman of Australia’s IBA Health, speaks to E-Health Insider editor Jon
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29 April 2008

BCS launches new NHS IT qualification

A new qualification, NHS ELITE (NHS eLearning IT Essentials), has been launched by the British Computer Society and Department of
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25 April 2008

EHI’s industry news roundup 25.04.08

E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 25 April 2008 featuring supplier news, appointments and awards. Supplier
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18 April 2008

Choose and Book gives some patients wrong information

The Choose and Book system has been hit by a technical problem which has resulted in over 300 patients receiving
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