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The HSE is working to establish health identifier registers and will manage the operation of the identifiers system, due to commence “as soon as possible in 2015,” the Minister for Health, Dr Leo Varadkar has said.

Prof Lars Wallentin has been a key figure in cardiology for more than three decades.

By Pat Kelly.

By Aoife Connors.

By Gary Culliton.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent case that clarifies the law in relation to confidentiality of patient records under Freedom of Information legislation.

Recent research allowing newly-diagnosed cancer patients to have full access to their medical records showed the majority reported higher satisfaction levels with no corresponding rise in anxiety.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

Dear Editor, I would like to inform your readers that Irish Life, through its Underwriting Department, has asked a patient to get a record from me of his blood-pressure readings (he is on antihypertensive medication) with a view to offering him cover.