Dumfries and Galloway

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18 June 2024

NHSDG warns 150,000 patients to assume data has been published

NHS Dumfries and Galloway is warning around 150,000 patients to assume that their personal data is likely to have been
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14 July 2014

Scottish board builds shared care record

NHS Dumfries and Galloway is creating an electronic shared care record to integrate primary and secondary care data.
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1 October 2010

Scots assess i-device security

NHS Dumfries and Galloway has commissioned a security assessment of whether iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches are secure and suitable
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24 August 2009

Dumfries deploys video conferencing

NHS Dumfries and Galloway is expecting to save up to 8,000 hours a year in travel time after going live
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9 March 2009

Dumfries and Galloway secures USB sticks

NHS Dumfries and Galloway has held a USB stick amnesty for staff and issued 1,100 SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise USB flash
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24 February 2009

Scotland invests in telehealthcare

Scotland has launched its biggest telehealthcare project alongside 16 other e-health initiatives that will be backed by £1.6m of investment.
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12 October 2007

NHS Scotland ready for national PACS roll out

The Scottish Executive has announced that national deployment of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) across Scotland will begin this
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7 March 2007

ExtraMed secure £500,000 investment

Scottish based healthcare IT software developers ExtraMed have secured £500,000 of investment to further develop products for the NHS market.
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17 October 2005

Appointment reminders mistaken for ‘scam’

A Scottish scheme using automated calling to contact patients and remind them of their hospital appointments has been withdrawn after
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19 November 2004

Menopause website wins information award

A website written by clinicians to help women through the menopause has come first prize in the Patient Information Website
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