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9 September 2008

NHS Lothian implements USB stick lock-down

NHS Lothian is taking further action to prevent staff losing data on USB sticks, after a community health worker lost
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4 September 2008

Call for ‘rolling’ register to replace census

Data from GP patient registers could be one of a range of databases used to provide a ‘rolling’ register of
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1 September 2008

e-health portal launched for Lithuania

A new Lithuanian ehealth information website has been launched to keep health professionals and members of the public informed about
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1 September 2008

ContactPoint delayed for further testing

The introduction of the national children’s database ContactPoint has been delayed until January 2009. The pilot of the delayed programme
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27 August 2008

Police to get access to national child database

Police are to be given access to the Government’s new children’s database, in order to search for evidence of criminal
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25 August 2008

Information prescriptions to be linked to electronic records

The Department of Health is this week expected to set out its vision for information prescriptions that are linked to
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22 August 2008

Estonia takes steps to e-health

The Estonian Government this week approved of the package of regulations which paves the way to the introduction of digital
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21 August 2008

Conservatives commission review of NHS IT

The Conservative Party has commissioned an independent review of NHS IT policy to be led by Dr Glyn Hayes.
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20 August 2008

Medical data breach insurance offered in US

Members of a US healthcare purchasing alliance are now able to take out insurance to cover the financial costs of data breaches.  The
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19 August 2008

Half of Scottish prescriptions sent electronically

Over half of all NHS prescriptions issued in Scotland are now sent electronically, latest figures show. Since the start of
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