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Revenue blunder is a lesson for public bodies

The Information Commissioner has highlighted the importance of tight security and data protection in public sector bodies, following the security
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Government rejects consent call for SUS use

The government has rejected calls from the Commons Health Select Committee to apply consent to the use of Secondary Uses
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Info sharing for emergencies under test

Software that will allow the police and emergency services to share and update incident information more effectively is being developed by
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SUS blasted as ‘not fit for purpose’

The Secondary Uses Service (SUS) is not fit for purpose and is failing to provide GP practices and PCTs with
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Helios begins national ‘Neuronet’ roll-out

German private hospital chain Helios has begun roll-out of a nationwide tele-neurology consultation network 'Neuronet' to all of its 58
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Graphnet complete Gwent out-of-hours pilot

Graphnet has completed deployment of a new Out of Hours system that will extract demographic patient records from the majority
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Remote monitoring first for Amsterdam hospital

St. Lucas Andreas Hospital has become the first in the Netherlands to introduce a remote monitoring system for cardiac patients
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US building momentum by accrediting health IT

Accreditation of vendor applications, based on core interoperability standards, is helping to spur adoption of ICT within the United States
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Summary Care Record launched in Bolton

The first 48,500 summaries of patient records have been uploaded to the NHS Spine and out-of-hours staff in the Bolton
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Scottish pharmacies want emergency records access

Community Pharmacy Scotland, representing the owners of Scotland’s 1200 chemists, has made appropriate access to the Scottish Emergency Care Summary
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