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N Irish nursing home fined £15k over data breach

A Northern Irish nursing home has been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office for failing to protect the sensitive data
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Recovery plan for Child Protection Information Sharing

The Child Protection Information Sharing scheme is in recovery mode as local authorities struggle to deploy the system designed to
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Totes amazing: site visit to Pharmacy2U

A decade and a half after it became the UK's first online chemist, Pharmacy2U has opened a 'medication hub' that
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Davey Winder: turn on, tune in, log-out

Leaving computers logged-in is a security risk and it can be a patient safety risk. To stop it happening, techies
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Torbay and South Devon deploying HealthShare

A single, integrated clinical portal linking primary, acute, community and social care will be rolled out across Torbay and South
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Another view: of appointments, texts and email

GP Neil Paul is annoyed that his system supplier has tweaked its online booking platform; but also convinced that electronic
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London hospitals in UK-first health data exchange

Two London trusts have become the first in UK to establish data sharing between their Cerner health information exchanges, covering
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Enter the CCG: on the ice shelf

John Lockley reviews some recent columns and finds a common theme; a worrying disconnect between the top of the NHS
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Individual Patient Identifier live in Ireland

Every patient in Ireland has been assigned unique identifying number, in an effort to improve patient safety and data quality.
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Two companies on £20m Scottish EPMA framework

Just two firms - Emis Health and JAC - have been given ‘preferred bidder’ status for an e-prescribing framework contract
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