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Finally, the #GoldacreReview is published! (During Parliamentary Easter holidays, mid-ping-pong on the #HealthAndCareBill...)
It's 221 pages - each PDF page is a double page spread - so this could be a lo-o-o-ong [Thread].
Here goes...
It's 221 pages - each PDF page is a double page spread - so this could be a lo-o-o-ong [Thread].
Here goes...
First point to note, in the Terms of Reference (p5), is that this is about "access to #NHSdata by #researchers, #commissioners, and #innovators" - i.e. #Planning and #CommercialReUse - so it is directly relevant to the operation of millions of people's #NationalDataOptOuts... 
"185 wide-ranging recommendations for us to explore", says @sajidjavid (p6). Gulp! Time for some coffee...
"systems that ensure #underrepresented groups are well represented" may (partly) refer to this "landmark review", which got off to a slow start:
gov.uk/government/new…
"systems that ensure #underrepresented groups are well represented" may (partly) refer to this "landmark review", which got off to a slow start:
gov.uk/government/new…
1/ Federal health agencies just released the long-awaited rules that could represent a huge step forward in data sharing to patient, between hospitals and between different types of electronic medical record systems.
This will shape the health data landscape for the next decade.
This will shape the health data landscape for the next decade.
2/ this @WSJ article by @annawmathews and @_melaevans captures the opportunities-and controversies- well.
During my time in the federal government (2009-2014) we pushed hard on adoption of electronic health records, and adoption rose rapidly
wsj.com/articles/embar…
During my time in the federal government (2009-2014) we pushed hard on adoption of electronic health records, and adoption rose rapidly
wsj.com/articles/embar…
3/ Doctors who remember trying to find a lost paper chart (or waiting for it to come back from radiology) will concede that there is an advantage to switching from paper to digital.
And nurses and pharmacists (and patients) appreciate not having to try to read our handwriting.
And nurses and pharmacists (and patients) appreciate not having to try to read our handwriting.
