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1 February 2018

Smart review recommends national chief information and security officer appointment

A chief information and security officer (CISO) and dedicated cyber security lead should be appointed as national figureheads, according to
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Christine Walters speaking at Digital Health's Cloud Summit
31 January 2018

Adoption of cloud should be “as part of a sensible, risk-managed approach”

The health service's adoption of cloud technology should be “as part of a sensible, risk-managed approach” with security at its
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31 January 2018

NHS Digital research reveals social worker’s technology habits

Research has been commissioned by NHS Digital and carried out by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) to find
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30 January 2018

NHS Digital and Microsoft buddy up for threat detection service

Microsoft will help NHS Digital protect healthcare organisations from cyber-attacks through a new partnership making use of the software giant’s
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A picture of nine clouds
29 January 2018

Bright outlook for cloud adoption at Digital Health Cloud Summit

Speakers from the NHS spoke enthusiastically about the opportunities presented by cloud technology at Digital Health's Cloud Summit, which took
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23 January 2018

The challenge of funding cloud using ‘Monopoly money’

While NHS Digital’s latest guidance on cloud services is helpful, Darren McKenna says we need revenue funding instead of capital
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22 January 2018

NHS green-lights cloud technology for storing patient data

NHS Digital has issued new national guidance for health and care organisations considering cloud services for storing patient information.
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22 January 2018

Emis faces multi-million pound penalty for GPSoC breach

Emis has notified investors it expects to incur penalties “in the order of upper single digits of millions of pounds”
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17 January 2018

Technology developers should shadow nurses, new report suggests

Technology firms should consider shadowing nurses to fully understand their workflows and inform the creation of solutions that work for
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17 January 2018

Electronic prescribing service piloted in urgent care in London

A pilot use of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in selected integrated urgent care settings has been launched, NHS Digital
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