Government defends the electronic patient record against criticism from MPs
The Government has defended the much-criticised
NHS Care Records Service in its response to a House of Commons Health Committee report on the
electronic patient record (PJ, 22 September 2007, p320) by saying that
a number of the committee's suggestions are already being implemented.
The Health Committee report advised that the summary care record (SCR)
should include a single standard front screen to display key health information
that is vital for emergency care.
In its response, the Government confirms that this will be the case and
that information on this page will include details of prescriptions issued
in the previous six months and repeat prescriptions that are not more
than six months beyond their review date, known allergies, and known
adverse reactions to medicines and other substances.
The Government accepts many recommendations made by the Health Committee.
For example, it agrees in principle that patients should be able to view
an audit trail to see who has accessed their SCR on the secure NHS web
service HealthSpace.
Consideration will be given to how best to achieve
this. It also agreed to trial the use of HealthSpace for patients to
record their own measurements of key health information.
The Government highlights that the SCR early adopter programme will
provide experience and learning that will guide the future development
of the
SCR.
The response is available on the Department
of Health website
EPS system
approval NHS Connecting for Health has authorised
the national roll
out of Capa, Pharmacy Plus’s electronic prescription service release 1-compliant
system. Now 11 systems have been approved for national roll-out, including four
in-house systems and seven commercially available systems.
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