Increasingly, patient medical data is shared, e.g. between GP surgeries and District Nursing, to give clinicians access to the most up-to-date information when attending patients.
Our systems must obtain patients’ consent before sharing any of their medical information. Patients are required to provide their approval for sharing their data with other health providers, and they must also specify which providers can access their data.
Sharing patient data is necessary but doesn’t have to be shared with everyone. Patients can allow data sharing with specific departments while disallowing access to others. By doing so, patients can control who has access to their data.