More U.S. patients will soon have free, electronic access to the notes their doctors write about them under a new federal requirement for transparency. Many health systems are opening up records ...

Many patients now have the right to access their health records and doctors' notes, but what are the pros and cons? Are there instances where such information sharing could be detrimental? Knowledge ...

As part of the GP contract, NHS England told practices they must offer automatic access to patient records via the NHS app by 31 October 2023. Patients were initially set to be given this access from ...

AI will listen in to doctors' appointments and automatically generate patient notes in a bid to improve productivity in the NHS. Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said the plans will cut the time ...

Medical notes are being sent abroad to be typed up as a cost-saving measure even though mistakes are made, threatening patients' lives, the country's biggest trade union revealed today. Read some ...

In the health care industry, there is a common adage: If you didn’t document it, it didn’t happen. For a combination of legal, medical and billing reasons, doctors spend hours every day in front of ...

TRADITIONAL patient notes at the end of their hospital beds have been replaced by paperless cutting-edge wireless technology. TRADITIONAL patient notes at the end of their hospital beds have been ...

Access to a deceased person’s medical records is covered by the Access to Health Records Act 1990 as the Data Protection Act only applies to the living. The relative or applicant must demonstrate ...

OXFORDSHIRE patients’ notes are being sent to India to be processed, the Oxford Mail can reveal. Notes dictated on to audio tapes by clinicians at the Oxford University Hospitals Trust (OUH) are sent ...

A Derry woman has spoken of her shock at finding the confidential patient notes of two strangers within her own medical records. Cathy Malcolm received her records from the Western Trust in July last ...