Trusts miss pseudonymisation target

Fewer than half of NHS trusts have successfully “pseudonymised” their patient records, missing a government target aimed at making patient
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London MH trusts collaborate on RiO

Mental health trusts in London have agreed to work together to develop and share the cost of procuring a new
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IG ‘major block’ on IT projects

Information governance is a major stumbling block to IT innovation and service integration, a Westminster Health Forum heard this week.
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Govt may review Bill data sharing plans

The Department of Health’s director general of informatics has signalled that the government may be prepared to look again at
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Dorset County to implement VitalPAC

Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust is to implement VitalPAC, a clinical system for monitoring and analysing patients’ vital signs to
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Lansley apologises in data access row

Health secretary Andrew Lansley yesterday apologised for misleading the Health Select Committee over the publication of a survey of the
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Lansley ‘anxious’ about reforms

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has admitted to feeling anxious about the forthcoming reforms to the NHS.
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DH launches ITK user forum

The Department of Health has launched a user forum to support development of its interoperability toolkit.
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Call for clarity on PACS contracts

Radiologists and PACS managers have called for greater clarity about the future of local service provider PACS contracts, which come
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Lumb queries LSP deal at Morecambe

A Cumbria GP, who has led the development of primary care systems across the county, told eHealth Insider Live about
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