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Gill Hitchcock finds that many insiders are skeptical about implementation of the government's NHS information strategy The power of information is a punchy title for the government's health and social care strategy. But while this long-awaited document is powerful on rhetoric, it's weak...
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Government says independent review will focus on the balance between protecting patients' health and social care information and sharing to improve patient care Dame Fiona Caldicott will lead the government's review into confidentiality and the sharing of health and social care information, the...
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Medical information should be handled by qualified people with specialist skills, any let up in standards could prove fatal Would you trust an unqualified surgeon to replace your hip; an uncertified electrician to re-wire your house or unregistered plumber to install gas central heating? Then why do...
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Snapshot survey of some of England's biggest trusts suggests growing problem for the NHS Improper use of social media, especially Facebook, is leading to disciplinary action against staff at a number of English trusts. Figures released to Guardian Healthcare show that 72 separate actions were carried...
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One in eight breaches reported by health service organisations resulted in staff dismissal Figures released to the privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch show that 806 separate incidents involving patient medical records being compromised took place at 152 NHS trusts between July 2008 and July 2011...
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Thu, Oct 27 2011
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Staff at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire trust accidentally dropped medical records in public bin University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire trust breached the Data Protection Act by twice losing patients' medical records, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said...
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New contract will replace current deal which is set to expire July 2012 The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has tendered for an access and identity management system and services for the whole of the NHS. A spokesman for NICE, which provides guidance and sets quality standards...
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It is a 'conundrum' that data security breaches continue to occur in the health service, according to a senior colleague of the information commissioner NHS staff should be more aware of data security risks as patient confidentiality "is at the heart of what they do", Jonathan Bamford...
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Medical student at foundation trust lost unencrypted memory stick containing information on dozens of patients University Hospital of South Manchester foundation trust breached the Data Protection Act by losing sensitive personal information relating to the treatment of 87 patients, the Information Commissioner's...
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The telephone and online advice service is considering paying social media services for targeted advertising, although has concerns about its ethics Someone tweeting about a nasty cold or updating a Facebook status to 'got the flu' might soon be looking at an advert for a specific NHS Direct...
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Investigation under way into loss of health records on laptop belonging to NHS research body London Health Programmes (LHP), an NHS research organisation, has admitted losing a laptop containing 8.6m health records, reports The Register. The machine was lost three weeks ago, but has only just been reported...
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Department of Health says no patient data has been accessed, but says that local website administrators have been affected The Department of Health has confirmed that a group of hackers has found information online affecting the security of NHS websites. A departmental spokesman said: "This is a...
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