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Health IT news in brief

This week's round-up of Health IT news includes free wi-fi for GP practices, a new IT direction for Harrogate and
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NHS.uk will use location and browser history to personalise health advice

NHS.uk, the latest attempt to give patients online access to health records and services, will make use of device data
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Staff targeted in NHS spear phishing attack

NHS Digital is warning NHS staff about a spate of spear phishing attacks, in which scammers pretend to be NHS
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Health IT news in brief

This week’s Health IT round-up includes tweaks to e-referral services for GPs and new order communications system connecting hospitals, GPs,
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Problems accessing Google on NHS network

NHS staff are having difficulty accessing Google, with many faced with a CAPTCHA page.
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Redcentric wins £12 million HSCN contract

The new NHS network is taking shape, with Redcentric awarded a contract to run the peer exchange at the centre
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Move to implement patient ‘data lake’ scheme

After meeting with NHS data experts and tech companies, NHS England chief information officer Will Smart wants to push on
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Exclusive: 500m emails flood NHS during #replyallgate

More NHSmail emails were sent in 75 minutes than in a normal three months after a “software configuration error” nearly
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Community pharmacies targeted in NHSmail drive

An pharmacies wanting access to a new £75 million performance-based fund will need an account.
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Exclusive: Health data breaches on the rise

Since April 2015, UK health providers have reported more than 1300 “data security incidents”, including hundreds of cyber-attacks.
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