Survey reveals patient privacy concerns

A nationwide survey shows that confidentiality concerns can impact on people’s health, and that patients demand guarantees of the privacy of their medical records. An independent poll of 1,001 people found that the public believes hospital chief executives and managers...<<Read More>>

Thousands of records lost as laptops go missing

The loss of laptops containing thousands of NHS patient records are being investigated by the police and Information Commissioner’s Office. More than 2,600 records have been lost or misplaced in London over the past year in 65 separate incidents. One of the laptops was stolen... <<Read More>>

‘Misunderstandings’ over waiting times

Waiting times may be creeping up since targets and central monitoring were relaxed – but the data is not completely clear. That is the verdict of John Appleby, chief economist at the King’s Fund health think thank, writing in the... <<Read More>>

‘Reforms threaten patient confidentiality’

Patient confidentiality could be threatened by an over-emphasis on access to information in the Government’s Health and Social Care Bill, doctors have warned. Dr Tony Calland, who chairs the BMA’s Medical Ethics Committee, said: “The BMA is extremely...<<Read More>>

Pushing forward patient records

As part of the National Programme for IT, NHS Stockport has implemented a Lorenzo electronic patient record system. National Health Executive magazine spoke to Howard Gray to find out more

Before NHS Stockport implemented the new Lorenzo system, they were simply using a standard patient administration system.

“As the name suggests this is a basic administrative system, whereas the Lorenzo system is...