In message <[log in to unmask]>, Adrian
Midgley <[log in to unmask]> writes
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>Out of Hours software should be able to export the name and other
>details of a patient to the laptop/palmtop of a doctor about to make a
>note on them, and import the note keyed by the OoH software's own
>reference number, preferably over an infrared link.
>
>If the NHS was competently managed (and I include the practices in
>this) and had competent software development aimed at clinical
>priorities then it should be accomplished in a couple of months - two
>years ago.
What about security and confidentiality?
By "import", do you mean importing the notes made by the OOH doctor into
the practice clinical system?
What would you do about coding?
Mary
Mary Hawking Kingsbury Court Surgery Church Street Dunstable LU5 4RS
tel:01582 663218 (surgery)fax:01582 476488 (surgery)
Member of British Healthcare Internet Association
Dunstable and Houghton Regis Locality Commisssioning Pilot
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