Monday, March 22, 2010

Control Your Medical Records

In Picardy, physicians and patients control of computer medical records personnel. Miller published today, thirty thousand expected to return in September: in Picardy, medical personnel (DMP) is now a reality.

Renowned Picardy Health Record (PHR) project is at the forefront of experiments performed in France to test the viability of the DMP. In this case, the delay does not bother to mark the national pilot project. The DSP, which compiles data on the health of a patient in a secure site is designed primarily as a tool for sharing information between medicines.

Regression eight public hospitals and private, four laboratories, two health networks and 300 health professionals (150 doctors and 150 nurses), The project was implemented from January through the windows of the hospital. Patients during their hospitalization, they offered to open a PSD, presented as a tool for coordination, quality and continuity of care. The process is free. The cost of the device, 2.5 million, is partially funded by the state.

At the hospital, the interest of the CSP is to collect all patient data (analysis, radiology, bug reports ...) on a single platform, available for all professionals. This avoids the spaghetti syndrome, with the proliferation of patient records, service by service, not connected, says Dr. Christine Boutet, medical director of WMD Picardy project information is transferred to a computer fuel kept secret by the director of the DSP, the company Santéos.

Less liberal doctors then access this information by clicking on their computers. It has a much better picture of the health of our patients, says Dr. Gilles Revaux, GP Amiens. The DSP helps avoid duplication of medication, which can be very dangerous, especially for people. This configuration, the patient has little flexibility: you can decide what health care or lack of access to the DSP, not Internet can view or hide certain information. For now, have freed themselves from the problems of patient access to data, including the right to hide, because the debate is not settled at the national level, said Dr. Boutet.

We are in a pragmatic approach: if it works, first it is necessary that health professionals take possession of the DSP and have confidence in the tool. Most patients in the hospital at Compilable game, eight in ten hospitalized accept the creation of a DSP when offered. Denials are rather bad press related to the DPP, the analysis of Brigitte Duval, director of the institution. There is more attention than the opposition au-Prince patient groups remain cautious.

The DSP is a very good tool, because it can provide crucial information to doctors in case of serious health, explains Herve Le Henna, president of the association of diabetes Diab80. But we want to quickly access its content, in order to keep certain information if desired. If you see a podiatrist, for example, do not necessarily want him to know all medical records!