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The devil's in the detail
— Final report of the independent evaluation of the Summary Care Record and HealthSpace programmes | | Author(s) | Trisha Greenhalgh, Katja Stramer, Tanja Bratan |
| Corporate Author | University College London - UCL; Department of Health - DH |
| Publisher | Electronic format only, London, 7 May 2010 |
| Pages | 234 pp |
| Source | Download from website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/scriefullreport.pdf |
| Keywords | National Health Service ; Information technology ; Evaluation ; Reports. |
| Annotation | This was the second part of an evaluation of Summary Care Record (SCR) and HealthSpace programmes, which was funded by a research grant from the Department of Health (DH). The researchers' remit was to assess implementation and impact of the SCR and HealthSpace; to provide timely feedback to stakeholders; and to contribute to the generation of an evaluative culture within Connecting for Health (CFH) and the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). Their findings indicate that, as with other medical records, SCRs sometimes contained incomplete or inaccurate data, for example, a patient was taking medication not listed on the SCR, or that the SCR listed "current" medication which the patient was not taking. The SCR and HealthSpace programmes raise questions for individual clinicians who seek to behave ethically and in accordance with the core values of their profession. Indeed, the advent of electronic records has obvious implications for individuals' privacy and personal liberty. The NHS and professional bodies should consider the implications of this study for training and support of front-line staff, given both the rapidly evolving nature of the technology and the ethical issues raised. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100629204 E |
| Classmark | L4: UVB: 4C: 6K |
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