Confidentiality

Archive
7 June 2006

LMCs to discuss “threat to civil liberties” from data spine

GPs are to call for their confidentiality concerns over the NHS Care Records Service to be resolved before any further
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2 June 2006

Senior GPs say CfH response on security ‘encouraging’

The two senior GP representatives in the UK are writing to GP practices to outline “the encouraging response” they have
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18 May 2006

PACS underway in half of English trusts

Around half of trusts in England either have a picture archiving and communications system “happening, about to happen or happened”,
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9 May 2006

Patient records may only be shared locally, say CfH

Detailed electronic patient records will not be accessible outside the local groups of organisations that created them, in direct contradiction
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8 May 2006

Offer alternatives to self check-in, GPs advised

GP practices who use patient self check-in systems need to make sure patients are informed about their use and offered
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19 April 2006

Integrated health system needed for Scotland’s young

NHS Scotland should be working towards a single integrated information system to support improvements in the health of children and
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18 April 2006

MDU warns practices of data transfer privacy risks

Practices must warn patients that electronic transmission of data is not totally secure or foolproof, says a medical defence organisation
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17 April 2006

Scots ahead

Fiona Barr looks at how electronic summaries of GP records are already in operation in Scotland, accessible by out of
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12 April 2006

New guidance for nurses on text messaging

The Royal College of Nursing has issued guidance on the use of text messaging services for nurses working with children
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11 April 2006

Academics call for NPfIT technical assessment

A group of 23 computer science academics from around the UK have written an open letter calling for an “independent
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