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The goal was to have all patients with a centralized electronic health record by 2010. [1] Lorenzo patient record systems were adopted in a number of NHS trusts. While many hospitals acquired electronic patient records systems in this process, there was no national healthcare information exchange. [2] Ultimately, the program was dismantled ...
Patient.info is an online resource providing information on health, lifestyle, disease and other medical related topics. The website's aim is to provide members of the public with up-to-date information on health related topics in the form of comprehensive leaflets (which can be read online or printed), blogs, wellbeing advice and videos.
A system developed for renal patients, Renal patient view, provides online information for kidney patients’ including diagnoses, treatment and latest test results. [18] Almost all renal units in the UK can use this system, and it has been extended to patients with inflammatory bowel disease and diabetes in Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.
The UK-based electronic medicines compendium [7] provides freely available online access to both Patient Information Leaflets (intended for consumers) and Summary of Product Characteristics (aimed at healthcare professionals) for products available in the UK. [citation needed] Patient information is, understandably, usually generated initially ...
The central feature that makes any system a patient portal is the ability to securely expose individual patient health information through the Internet. In addition, virtually all patient portals allow patients to interact in some way with healthcare providers.
The NHS and DXC Technology initiated negotiations for a new whole-of-system EHR in 2010. Despite the National Programme for IT being wound up by the UK Department of Health and Social Care, the department announced that it would enter into an agreement with DXC to supply Lorenzo to NHS trusts under a Standing Order Arrangement.
The PAS records the patient's demographics (e.g. name, home address, date of birth) and details all patient contact with the hospital, both outpatient and inpatient. [ 1 ] PAS systems are often criticised for providing only administrative functionality to hospitals, however attempts to provide more clinical and operational functionality have ...
It also runs "The NHS Website" (www.nhs.uk, formerly NHS Choices), which is the national website for the NHS in England. NHS Digital has taken on the roles of a number of predecessor bodies including the NHS Information Centre, NHS Connecting for Health, and parts of NHS Direct. The organisation produces more than 260 official and national ...