Monday 29 June 2015

NHS patient data plans unachievable, review finds

NHS patient data plans unachievable, review finds Major Projects Authority says care.data and NHS Choices schemes have ‘major issues’ with schedule, budget and project definition

The government’s ambitious plans to provide online access to medical records and to suck up and store all patient data are unachievable, an official review has concluded.

In a damning assessment, the Major Projects Authority said both care.data – a plan to link and store all patient data in a single database – and NHS Choices – the website supposed to allow users to log in and access medical services – had “major issues with project definition, schedule, budget, quality and/or benefits delivery, which at this stage do not appear to be manageable or resolvable”. Continue reading... The Guardian

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