BBC News - Data-sharing 'good for patients'
abernard102@gmail.com 2013-04-29
Summary:
"The NHS must share patient data more effectively to ensure that people undergoing treatment receive the optimum care, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
He was responding to the publication of the Caldicott review, an analysis of how the NHS in England treats data.
It calls for the NHS to share information more effectively, but also for patient confidentiality to be respected,
Doctors' leaders welcomed the report ..."