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Exchanging Patient Records newsletter

In addition to our main publication 'Good Practice' which replaced the 'GP Practice' newsletter in January 2010, the Exchanging Patient Records newsletter is produced as part of the Practitioner Services eMedical Programme for General Practitioner (GP) practices and Practitioner Services (Medical) staff.

The Practitioner Services eMedical Programme is working to develop new processes and systems to undertake the electronic transfer of records when a patient transfers between practices in Scotland.

Issue 7: Oct 2009

  • Developing electronic transfer of records
  • Docman transfer process improvements
  • Archiving
  • GP clinical system extracts
  • Cross border transfer
  • Docman exporting/importing - good practice checklist

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Issue 6: May 2009

  • Developing electronic transfer of records
  • Docman transfer process improvements
  • Archiving of Docman images
  • White list
  • Temporary residents
  • Cross border transfer

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Issue 5: Jul 2008

  • Developing electronic transfer of records
  • Docman transfer process information
  • Keeping track of all parts of the Medical Records
  • Archive on export
  • Access to Docman images after exporting
  • GP system records
  • Exporting before patient deducted from patient list
  • Temporary residents
  • Docman exports failing during transmission
  • Server upgrades
  • Problem file types with exported Docman packages

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Issue 4: Oct 2007

  • Docman transfer project & GP2GP
  • Changes proposed to the Docman screens on export
  • Docman transfer process information
  • Non-Docman scanning systems
  • Patient summaries
  • LINK files
  • Temporary residents
  • Keeping track of all parts of the medical records
  • Importing
  • Import folder - archive routine
  • Managed server practices

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Issue 3: Mar 2007

  • What is the Docman Transfer Project?
  • Pilot review
  • Current project plan
  • Key issues identified so far
  • Microtech - Docman issues identified so far

Issue 2: Nov 2006

  • Docman transfer project
  • Non-Docman practices
  • Storage of electronic images

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Issue 1: Jun 2006

  • Background to GPEX & GP2GP
  • Docman transfer
  • Electronic transfer issues
  • Data storage issues
  • GP2GP

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