To offer a place for discussion and problem-solving for doctors, patients and staff of those practices involved in the EMIS/PAERS record access rollout. We hope that practices can learn from each other and from those with most experience. This should make the learning from record access as efficient and widely disseminated as possible.

The RAC recognizes that record access is widely welcomed by patients and the public. However, some clinicians, in the UK at least, have concerns about starting record access. The RAC wants to support the early roll out in any country. We have therefore structured the site to enable support to be a major feature.

There are a number of levels accessible to different groups. We want to make it possible for clinicians, for instance, to have conversations about record access that are not open to all. There may be clinical or primary care admin issues that are best dealt with within that group. We expect this to be small part of the conversation.

You can therefore register as:

• Clinician - will have access to all levels
• Public - will have access to this level only

Within each section, you will be able to comment on a range of topics

• Problems and solutions thrown up by record access
• Benefits of record access
• Questions to be solved

To Register, click on "Login", then "Sign Up". For Clinician's your GMC details will be validated and we will contact you to upgrade your level of access.

To start a conversation, click on the Discussion Forum for the Subject you wish to discuss, then click "Post New Message". If you wish to reply to an existing message, click "Reply to Message" from within that message. You can also subscribe to emails from a specific Forum Topic, or Individual Thread. This means you will receive notification, via email, when new messages are posted regarding discussion threads you have subscribed to.