{"id":187,"date":"2009-07-10T18:02:24","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T17:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/north-uist-medical.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=187"},"modified":"2020-12-10T12:22:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T11:22:40","slug":"e-practice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.north-uist-medical.co.uk\/wordpress\/e-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2>E-Practice<\/h2>\n<div id=\"navlist\">\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.north-uist-medical.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=639\">Book an appointment<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.north-uist-medical.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=215\">Clinical advice<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.north-uist-medical.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=219\">Repeat prescription request<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; margin-bottom: 50px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.north-uist-medical.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=226\">Feedback about the practice<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.north-uist-medical.co.uk\/wordpress\/e-practice\/self-help-forms\/\">Self help forms<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"margin-top: 50px;\">Patients can now opt in to a system of using email for health advice from clinical staff, booking appointments, or for ordering repeat prescriptions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Confidentiality of patients health records is at the heart of everything we do &#8211; but unfortunately using the internet does raise some issues over security that need to be taken into account.<\/p>\n<p>Any communication between the practice and yourself will be attached to your file as a permanent record &#8211; the original email then being deleted. It is a fact of life however that no matter how careful we are with computer systems there is a chance of system compromise through viruses or hacking. We will endeavour to keep our systems as up to date as possible with operating system updates and anti-virus software and would advise that you do the same&#8230; with the proviso that no system can be made 100% secure.<\/p>\n<p>Patients interested in this service must come into the practice to read and sign the agreement form (download and print it <a href=\"http:\/\/north-uist-medical.co.uk\/ftpfiles\/North%20Uist%20Medical%20Practice%20consent.doc\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> if you wish) which outlines these issues and how the system should be used. You will then be given access to all the E-Practice features and will be given your unique login details for online appointment booking.<\/p>\n<p>Bearing these points &nbsp;in mind &#8211; if you would like to use the internet to help your access to local health services please use the links above.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Covid pandemic:&nbsp; We are offering video call consultations as part of our coronavirus response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">If you are interested in this please phone the practice as normal and a time will be arranged.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">When your appointment is due &#8211;&nbsp; click on the following link to go to the NHS &#8216;NEAR ME&#8217; video chat service.&nbsp; Click on the button that says &#8216;GP surgery&#8217;\n\n<\/span><\/p><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wihb.scot.nhs.uk\/wi-near-me\/\">https:\/\/www.wihb.scot.nhs.uk\/wi-near-me&#8221;&gt;Video consultation<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have been supplied with a pulse oximeter by the practice to monitor oxygen levels then please watch the following video for tips around how to use it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Home observations protocol\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9sswN_wUMDA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E-Practice Book an appointment Clinical advice Repeat prescription request Feedback about the practice Self help forms Patients can now opt in to a system of using email for health advice from clinical staff, booking appointments, or for ordering repeat prescriptions. 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