Data sharing

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Care.data on hold again

Controversial patient data collection programme care.data has been put on hold again while a review of the opt-out model is
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Care.data re-launched this month

One of the four care.data pathfinders will start contacting patients about the re-launch of the controversial scheme later this month.
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Microtest’s Guru sees wisdom in MIG

Microtest has signed a contract with Healthcare Gateway to share data from its Guru system via the Medical Interoperability Gateway,
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EU ministers back data privacy changes

The European Union has provisionally agreed changes to planned data privacy legislation that will make it easier to share data
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West London CCGs work on data sharing

An alliance of West London clinical commissioning groups is developing a memorandum of understanding to improve data sharing between the
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Scottish data share plan survives vote

Scottish government plans to share data from a central NHS database with other public bodies have narrowly survived a Holyrood
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Bristol joins up pathology

Three Bristol NHS Trust and Public Health England have signed a contract with Capita and CliniSys for its integrated laboratory
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West Cornwall to pilot record sharing

Eight GP practices in West Cornwall will pilot a data sharing scheme using Microtest’s Guru to allow local A&E clinicians
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Bristol trusts to share images

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust has completed its pilot of Connect and Share, an extension to Burnbank’s Image Exchange
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Wolverhampton shares info on diabetics

GPs and diabetes specialists in Wolverhampton are sharing information via Graphnet’s CareCentric portal.
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