Data sharing

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13 May 2019

£22m competition launched to set up ‘Digital Innovation Hubs’

Part of a £37.5 million funding programme launched last year, the innovation hubs will give UK scientists and clinicians access
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30 April 2019

Vendors have ‘obligation’ to be transparent about data use, charity warns

There is often confusion about who is responsible for ensuring users’ know what is happening to their data, Patient Safety
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26 April 2019

‘Biggest obstacle’ in digitising healthcare is privacy, Wachter warns

Digitising healthcare was “essential” but it will be “incredibly hard” to take advantage of the digital revolution if data can’t
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Sarah Wilkinson named as new CEO NHS Digital
15 March 2019

Lack of clarity around data sharing risks ‘irreparable mistrust’, NHS Digital chief warns

Sarah Wilkinson said the NHS needs to formalise its position on the secondary use of patient data to improve its
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14 March 2019

1 in 20 trusts published pre-Brexit data checks to ‘identify vulnerabilities’

NHSE and NHSD have told healthcare leaders to ensure the self-assessments are completed to “quickly identify and address any vulnerabilities”
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A computer keyboard, with a key reading 'data security'
4 March 2019

Thousands of GPs risk breaching data protection laws in new vaccine data system

The new system uses a process that copies, transfers and stores the whole GP database, rather than the minimal data
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28 February 2019

No-deal Brexit could cause delay in data sharing with EU, NHS is warned

NHS England and NHS Improvement have urged providers to identify any databases or data flows stored in the EU that
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Opt-Out
21 January 2019

Patient experience surveys exempted from national data opt-outs

Health minister Steve Brine confirmed patients’ requests for information not to be shared, through the national data opt-out, would not
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Polly Bishop presenting at the King's Fund digital health and care congress
16 July 2018

King’s Fund congress majors on culture, partnerships and patient tools

Digital Health News attended the King’s Fund Digital Health and Care Congress in central London last week to hear about
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19 June 2018

Emis Health is the supplier ‘most receptive to interoperabilty’, new report suggests

Compiled by Utah-based healthcare research agency KLAS, the NHS Interoperability 2018 report assesses how easily NHS organisations are able to
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