In article <[log in to unmask]>, "Toby Lipman 7,
Collingwood Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne. Tel 0191-2811060
(home), 0191-2869178 (surgery)" <[log in to unmask]> writes
>In message <[log in to unmask]>,
>Haines <[log in to unmask]> writes
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>>Why don't A&E departments use experienced Nurse Practitioners to Triage
>>patients and fast track them through to X Ray, Nurse Treatment, Doctor,
>>back to GP, Practice Nurse, Health Visitor, District Nurse, Social Services
>>etc..? Absolutely everybody seems to have to wait to see the junior
>>houseofficer.
>>
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>If the IT folk got their act together, the A+E could even have access to
>the patients' GP notes (and the GPs would have records of the encounter
>transferred electronically by the next day).
One way of doing this would be to share patient information via a
network such as the NHSNet. These records could conform to an SGML DTD
(standard markup format) to give the best possible chance of their being
usable by multiple systems.
Presumably the access to these records should be limited in some way,
and the updates should be limited and clearly identified.
What information should be made available?
What additions to the record should be allowed?
What safeguards would have to be put in place-
for access
for update?
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John L Hardy BSc CEng MBCS http://www.hardy136.demon.co.uk/
Development Manager - Gpass
All views expressed in this post are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer
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