Security

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3 March 2008

Berlin health conference will focus on IT

Next week sees hundreds of senior health officials from across Europe congregate in Berlin, Germany, for the 4th Annual World
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29 February 2008

DH seeks tougher sanctions for security breaches

The government is seeking an increase in penalties for NHS staff that breach the Data Protection Act. Health minister, Ben
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28 February 2008

The bigger picture at HIMSS

Jon Hoeksma visits the ever-expanding US healthcare IT show, HIMSS, where business intelligence and consumer-led e-health were big themes.
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28 February 2008

St Helens and Knowsley COIN speeds up comms

Over 7,500 staff working across 160 GP surgeries, health centres and acute hospitals in St Helens and Knowsley, Merseyside, are
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25 February 2008

The frustrations of GP e-mail

In the first of a new series of columns from a grassroots GP, Dr Neil Paul describes his experiences with
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25 February 2008

Children’s database work resumes after review

Ministers are to press ahead with plans to develop the £224m children’s database, ContactPoint, despite an independent security review identifying
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20 February 2008

Irish blood records stolen in New York

A CD containing over 170,000 confidential blood donor records form the Irish Blood Transfusion Service has been stolen in New
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20 February 2008

Gemalto to deliver Slovenia’s smartcard upgrade

Slovenia has chosen Gemalto to help develop its upgrade to their electronic health cards for Slovenian citizens. Gemalto will provide
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19 February 2008

Data loss prompts Dudley to spend on security

The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust will spend £135,000 on new computer security software, following the theft of a
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7 February 2008

Privacy fear over NHS card loss

Thousands of NHS computer 'smartcards' used to give access to confidential patient records have gone missing.
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