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Hunt outlines vision for online record access
Hunt pledged that patients will be able to access and interact with their records online within 12 months, empowering them to manage their own needs.
The new plans would enable all patients to access their own record in full, including blood test results, appointment records and medical histories.
Hunt said: “Powerful patients need to know about the quality of healthcare being provided, but they also need to be able to harness the many innovations now becoming possible.
“To most of us it feels like there has been more change in the way we book taxis, shop, bank or store photos than the way we access healthcare. Yet for every single one of us healthcare is more important than all of those things.
“Experience from other countries suggests that opening up access to your own medical record leads to a profound change in culture in a way that is transformative for people with complex or long term conditions.”
Hunt also wants to see more smartphone users accessing information on mobile devices. He added: “I also want patients not just to be able to read their medical record on their smartphone but to add to it, whether by recording their own comments or by plugging in their own wearable devices to it.”
The Health Secretary also addressed security concerns, saying that a number of measures will be put in place to protect confidential information. This will include a review of standards of data security by the Care Quality Commission and the development of clear guidelines for the protection of personal data by the National Data Guardian for Health and Care, Dame Fiona Caldicott.
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