Sharing patient information electronically throughout NHS

doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7415.623

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Patients must be involved too

Michael Innes, NHS R&D primary care researcher development fellow (m.a.innes@bham.ac.uk),
Lindsay Ward, general practitioner principal

Department of Primary Care and General Practice, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT
Stirchley Medical Practice, Stirchley, Telford TF3 1FB

EDITOR—We agree with Booth that it is time to involve clinicians in the evolution of shared electronic information.1 We would go further and argue for the involvement of patients as well. In support of this, we have two points to make, one ideational, one academic.

Firstly, in …