Most of you should have received the details of the proposed system for sharing your record summaries between healthcare professionals. Currently, all your records at the practice are kept confidentially and are not available outside of the surgery. The electronic records are stored off site in a secure server and even if the computers were stolen from the surgery, there is no patient sensitive material stored on them.
The proposed scheme intends to make your record summary (just the important details e.g. heart attack, asthma etc) , details of any allergies and repeat medication available to other healthcare professionals, e.g. A&E staff, out patient clinics. The idea is that this will allow better treatment in emergencies and out of hours and faster transfer of information between staff. Further information can be found at www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/scr
The NHS states that the information will be 'secure and is protected by the strongest security measures available for handling data'. The blog would be interested in your views!
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I welcome this development very much. Whilst security of the data is an issue I think the benefits of doctors, paramedics, nurses etc having a fuller picture of a patient far outweigh the risks. Indeed I would welcome a complete record being available in this way.
ReplyDeleteOne day, I hope that patients will be able to access their entire record via the web so that it can be used if they are ill overseas and also I hope that this will reduce inaccuracies and create a sense of ownership and empowerment. MB
ReplyDeleteCan you easily do this using a pacs system? If so, that would be really nice. I have always wanted to share all of my information this easily. Thanks!
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