Really, you want me to share THAT! The minefield of shared access to patient data

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Really, you want me to share THAT! The minefield of shared access to patient data

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Lucy O'Hagan

Elderly woman looks through blinds
Patient notes contain information patients consider very private, so why is it being shared beyond the practice?

Lucy O’Hagan looks at the thorny issue of increased digital access to patients’ notes

For 10 per cent of patients with multiple chronic conditions and multiple providers, sharing information is great, and if I was one of them, I would c