Welcome
Welcome to the RCGP Health
Informatics Group, a group which advises the RCGP and other
professional bodies on issues of
information management and technology in general
practice.
- To provide informed and authoritative advice and support to the
RCGP, the College Council and Council Executive Committee (CEC)
within its domain of expertise.
- To help the RCGP develop a clear strategic vision in the field
of information management in health care and its
application to support clinical practice, decision-making and
research.
- To assist the RCGP with implementing appropriate changes to its
policies
- Find out more about our roles
The RCGP Health Informatics Group work on numerous interesting
projects - find
out more
Patient access to health records
The RCGP and Record Access Collaborative have published guidance
and information leaflets to help ensure effective patient access to
health records.
Record Access -
guidance for GPs 
Record Access
- information for patients
Enabling
Patients to Access Electronic Health Records
Guidance for health professionals on how to offer patients
access to electronic health records.
NHS CFH (NHS Connecting for Health)
We work closely with NHS CFH. Click here for NHS CFH site
The Good Practice Guidelines for GP electronic patient records -
version 4 (2011) ~ These latest
guidelines, issued in March 2011, supersede version
3.1(2005).
Shared Record Professional Guidance
(SRPG)
A project to develop professionally led guidelines that consider
the governance, medico-legal and patient safety consequences of
Shared Electronic Patient Record (SEPR) systems in primary care.
Find out more
Vision for Patient Focussed Records
The Royal College of Physicians has produced the
following Vision
for Patient Focussed Records which has been endorsed by the Academy of
Medical Royal Colleges.
The members of the Informatics Group have years of
cumulative expertise and represent the RCGP in various NHS
informatics projects & committees, including the Joint GP
Information Technology Committee (JGPITC) and the National Advisory
Group (NAG).