3rd August 2004 : Good
Practice Guidelines For General Practice Electronic
Patient Records (version 3)
The Department of Health has, through Royal College
of General Practitioners Health Informatics Standing
Group and representatives of the BMA's General Practitioners
Committee, produced an update to the "Good
Practice Guidance for General Practice - Electronic
Patient Record" published in August 2000.
http://www.doh.gov.uk/ipu/whatnew/index.htm
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30th March 2004 : Use
and disclosure of health data.
This is the Information Commissioner's Guidance
on the use and disclosure of Health Data. It was
published in May 2002 and contains guidance for
Health Authorities, NHS Trusts and individual practitioners.
Particular emphasis is given to inter-agency projects
and confidentiality. This Guidance will be of most
value to individuals within organisations (including
both the public and private sector) whose responsibilities
include data protection, privacy and confidentiality
issues. See http://nmap.ac.uk/browse/rcn/detail/4435.html
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30th March 2004 : The
NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice
is a guide to required practice for those who
work within or under contract to NHS organisations
concerning confidentiality and patients' consent
to use their health records It replaces previous
guidance. HSG(96) 18/LASSL (96(5 - The Protection
and Use of Patient Information, and is a key component
of emerging information governance arrangements
for the NHS. The Code of Practice was put out for
DH stakeholder and public consultation between October
2002 and January 2003. The consultation included
key regulatory bodies such as the Information Commissioner
(IC), British Medical Association (BMA) and General
Medical Council (GMC) who along with others have
helped develop, agree and support this final version.
The consultation was undertaken as part of the development
of a wider confidentiality communications strategy
jointly led by DH and the NHSIA. Results from this
overall consultation are currently being collated
and assessed. More information on this can be found
at
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3rd August 2004 : Electronic
Social Care Records The ESCR project
This project has been set up to define the content
of the ESCR and assist in identifying how the development
of the ESCR relates to other key NHS initiatives,
particularly the Integrated Care Records Service
(ICRS). It takes forward the thinking on the ESCR
as set out in Information for Social Care and aims
to set standards for records management and define
a high level record structure that, if adopted,
will be applicable throughout England.
http://www.doh.gov.uk/ipu/socialcare/information.htm |
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