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In England, implementing Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems is one of the main aims of the 10-year National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT). The main plank of the NPfIT programme is the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS) which will create two separate EPR systems: a national Summary Care Record (SCR), containing basic information; and local Detailed Care Records (DCRs), containing more comprehensive clinical information. NCRS will also include a Secondary Uses Service (SUS) which will provide access to aggregated data for management, research and other 'secondary' purposes.This report sets out the Government's reply to the September 2007 Health Committee report "The Electronic Patient Record (HC 422-I)" (ISBN 0215036123), which examined the potential of electronic patient records to improve healthcare services and patient safety. |