Health - Sixth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 25 July 2007.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
2 Overview of EPR systems
The National Programme for Information Technology
What NPfIT aims to deliver
How the programme is organised
Progress to date
The NHS Care Records Service
What NHS Care Records Service aims to deliver
Progress to date
International comparisons
Conclusions
3 The Summary Care Record
Description
General
Content of the Summary Care Record
Uses of the Summary Care Record
The benefits from a summary record
Progress and implementation
Consent systems
Initial plans: an opt-out consent system
Subsequent plans: a hybrid consent system
Patient ownership
Sealed envelopes
Security systems
Technical security
Operational security
Conclusions and recommendations
4 Detailed Care Records
Vision and potential benefits
Overall vision
Benefits from Detailed Care Record systems
Infrastructure and components for the Detailed Care Record
Areas of uncertainty
Progress and implementation
Progress on specific systems
Delivery of the Detailed Care Record itself
General causes of delay
Upgrading hospital Patient Administration System software
Coding and information standards
The way forward
An independent technical review?
Increasing local ownership
Security, reliability and consent
Technical security
System reliability
Smartcards
Consent systems
Conclusions and recommendations
5 The Secondary Uses Service
Description and potential
How the Secondary Uses Service currently works
Plans for the development of the Secondary Uses Service
The impact of NHS Care Records Service data on the Secondary Uses Service
Governance and consent
Existing measures
Doubts and debates
Suggestions for change
Conclusions and recommendations
Conclusions and recommendations
Electronic Patient Record systems
The Summary Care Record
The Detailed Care Record
The Secondary Uses Service
Glossary
Formal minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence (HC 422-III)
List of written evidence (HC 422-II)
List of unprinted evidence
Reports from the Health Committee
List of Oral Evidence
Thursday 26 April 2007
Thursday 10 May 2007
Thursday 7 June 2007
Thursday 14 June 2007
Written Evidence II
Written Evidence III
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