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| Do summary care records have the potential to do more harm than good? | | Author(s) | Ross Anderson, Mark Walport |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 340, no 7761, 26 June 2010 |
| Pages | pp 1390-1391 (Head to Head) |
| Source | www.bmj.com BMJ2010;340:c3111 |
| Keywords | National Health Service ; Information technology ; Attitude ; Medical workers. |
| Annotation | Ross Anderson believes that a digital record system that shared information between care providers, when appropriate, would be of great value. However, he argues that the summary care record (SCR) is not fit for purpose and illegal. It must be abandoned for reasons of safety, functionality, clinical autonomy, patient privacy and human rights. Mark Walport believes that the national electronic database of patients' records will make valuable contributions to better care: the summary care record will provide his healthcare team with quicker access to more reliable information that should help with the treatment they give. Anderson and Walpert both agree on the need to automate medical records, but Walpert concludes that we need to "do it right". (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100630209 A |
| Classmark | L4: UVB: DP: QT * |
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