The West Wight Medical Practice |
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Computerisation
Our practice is fully computerised but records remain strictly confidential. You may be asked to complete a patient questionnaire in order to complete our records. We ask all patients to do this when registering but occasionally another may be requested. The computer requires good discipline if accurate records are to be maintained, therefore we ask that you tell us of any change in your particulars - name, address, telephone number, marital status, etc. This practice contributes anonymous patient data to a database used for health care research purposes. The practice receives a nominal fee and training from the company aggregating the data to help improve quality in its computer records. The company holding the anonymous data will be providing the data to authorised researchers for a data fee. The data collection scheme has been approved by the South East Research Ethics Committee. The Committee will also be overseeing all research conducted on the data. The database will hold data on millions of patients, and no patient will be traceable to anyone outside this practice. |
