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15 July 2008

HealthSpace set for big expansion

HealthSpace, the government’s secure online site for patients, is to be expanded to include shared records and GP appointment booking,
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10 July 2008

Major weaknesses found in maternity systems

The Healthcare Commission has urged trusts to invest in maternity information systems in a report that identifies major weaknesses in
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9 July 2008

Darzi’s report for the digital generation

The final report of the Next Stage Review of the English NHS sees technology-driven change as one of the challenges
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9 July 2008

Winchester deploys single sign-on software

Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has deployed single sign-on software from Evidian to simplify access to key applications. The
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8 July 2008

GPs concerned by TPP data sharing system

GPs have raised concerns about TPP SystmOne’s new data sharing model which Connecting for Health says is currently being reviewed
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8 July 2008

NHS Lothian declares ‘data amnesty’

A Scottish health board has declared a data amnesty after a community health worker lost a USB stick containing personal
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8 July 2008

We live in digital times

Nick Timmins, public policy editor of the Financial Times, argues that the NHS has to succeed in digitisatising if it
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4 July 2008

New information tools promised for commissioning

The Department of Health is to develop new technology systems over the next year, to help commissioners achieve the goals
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3 July 2008

Access to NHS care records may be widened

The Department of Health is to review extending access to the NHS Care Records Service to non-NHS staff, and bodies
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3 July 2008

GMC says patient confidentiality ‘is absolute’

Patient confidentiality is absolute; patients must give their consent before their data can be used, General Medical Council president, Sir
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