Confidentiality

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22 February 2007

Patients key to NPfIT fate

In the first of a two-part interview, BMA chairman, James Johnson, tells Joe Fernandez why patients will decide ultimately the
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19 February 2007

Call to use Spine to find drug trial patients

The BioIndustry Association has expressed an interest in tapping into the NHS’s Spine database and using patient information to identify
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9 February 2007

Health Select Committee outlines NPfIT inquiry

The House of Commons Health Committee has announced details of what it intends to look into as part of its
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6 February 2007

Security concerns hit Scottish cervical cytology system

The roll-out of a national cervical cytology screening system for Scotland could be delayed after GPs discovered that practice staff
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15 December 2006

Survey shows US appetite for personal electronic records

A US survey has revealed strong support for the concept of personal electronic health records, with those polled seeing them
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13 December 2006

Don’t opt-out patients by default, GPs advised

GP practices concerned about the confidentiality of patient records under the NHS Care Records Service have been advised not to
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11 December 2006

iSoft says recovery now underway

iSoft today said it has begun a "regeneration programme", stabilised its position and is ahead of schedule on stripping costs
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6 December 2006

Ealing PCT uses text message technology

Ealing Primary Care Trust has launched a mobile phone text message appointment reminder service for 130,000 patients attending 22 of
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4 December 2006

DH rejects patient opt-out requests

The Department of Health has rejected patients’ requests to stop their information being uploaded to the NHS data spine. On
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30 November 2006

MP “looking into” how NAO report was drafted

Commons Public Accounts Committee member and outspoken scrutiniser of the National Programme for IT, Richard Bacon MP, says he is
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