Re: Warning of major NHS IT overspend

[Adrian Midgley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

On Monday 01 November 2004 07:57, Owen Lewis wrote:

> I think the point is that a UK national medical record scheme is intended
> for use in the UK. 

That would be a very limited ambition.

> Also I find it a bad idea that the patient should be empowered selectively
> to block access to specified entries in the record to clinician A but not
> to clinician B. Such inexpert meddling can surely produce no good
> consequence 

I promise you, in this respect experts are involved in the meddling.

An underlying assumption seems to be that the information will be in there.  
But the easiest way not to tell B something is to not tell anyone.  
If it is something of proper interest to both Pt and A then there is your 
non-occasional problem.



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