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Cyber security underpins the safe and secure delivery of digital health services. Modern healthcare critically depends on reliable, effective digital infrastructure, playing a key contribution to productivity and efficiency as well as patient safety.
A multi-million pound government funding package for the NHS Wales’ IT systems and infrastructure has launched by Welsh health secretary, Vaughan Gething.
Almost 30 NHS trusts may have been hit by so-called ransomware attacks in the past year, it has been reported this morning.
Dame Fiona Caldicott’s latest report wanted a ‘simple’ way for patients to have their data opt-out wishes recorded across the health and care system. As Jennifer Trueland discovers, finding a technical solution to do that may be anything but.
The National Cyber Security Centre became operational this week and some of its first goals will be improving security practices in the NHS.
The NHS is under frequent cyber attack, with a national attack that “may or may not” have been state sponsored having been launched just this month, the chief operating officer of NHS Digital has said.
The World Anti-Doping Agency has been hacked. What’s that to do with healthcare IT? Well, it was health records that were targeted, using a strategy that the NHS should be on guard against, says Davey Winder.
