Patient Online: Safe access to online GP records

By the 31st of March 2016 patients in England will be able to request to see detailed information in their online GP records. To make sure patients access all the right information about their health, practices will need to verify the identity of the patients and make sure their records are accurate. With this in mind, Hulme Hall Medical Group in south Manchester has developed an informative consent leaflet and a robust record checking system where clinicians are part of the screening process. “It’s our role as data controllers to make sure the information doesn’t cause any harm.”

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