London Ambulance Service is enabling its medics to securely view patient medical data on the move via iPads.
A 16-week pilot being run by NHS Digital, launched the mobile summary care record system (Mobile SCRa) to around 60 ambulance service staff in Camden last week.
Medics will be able to use the NHS Identity authentication system to remotely access summary care records (SCRs), electronic...
Around 30 percent of patients have been offered access to their online medical records by their healthcare provider or insurer, according to a survey of more than 2,100 people conducted by the ONC last year.
The survey was conducted prior to the implementation of Meaningful Use Stage 2 and CLIA rules.
"This may in part reflect the limited view, download and transmit (VDT) capabilities of health...
