Patient data

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Two police officers on patrol in high-visibility jackets
26 November 2018

Home Office discussing potentially unlawful access to patient info by police

According to some local medical committees in England, police are using subject access requests to acquire the medical histories of
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Facebook Privacy
24 October 2018

Facebook’s health research head says doctors should have more patient data

Freddy Abnousi said researchers have evidence which suggests a person’s social life impacts their health more than almost any other
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Opt-Out
2 July 2018

Minister says opt-out data requests for 150,000 patients missed

The error occurred between March 2015 and June 2018, in GP practices running TPP’s SystmOne though the problem has 'now
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A doctor collecting information on a patient using various mobile devices
27 June 2018

Private clinicians urged to approve performance data ahead of publication

Private clinicians have been asked to begin approving performance data for publication under efforts to help patients make more informed
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A doctor collecting information on a patient using various mobile devices
8 June 2018

Patients trust NHS with their data but still wary about use, survey suggests

More than three-quarters of the British public say they trust the NHS with their personal data despite recent privacy scares
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Ed Sheeran
22 May 2018

Hospital staff See Fire after accessing Ed Sheeran’s personal details

It is understood Sheeran was asked to sign autographs and pose for photographs by some Ipswich Hospital staff while he
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11 April 2018

Facebook approached US medical academies about sharing patient data

Facebook had approached medical institutions in the United States about a proposed data-sharing agreement that would see patient records linked
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20 November 2017

PHIN urges private consultants to bring data up-to-scratch

Private practitioners have been urged to update their clinical data as the Private Healthcare Information Network prepares to publish performance
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27 October 2017

Medical Device Interoperability – Enhancing patient data, an insight to ‘The art of the possible’

Modernising healthcare organisations with technology, connecting medical devices, sharing patient data… they all impact on how we care for patients,
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31 August 2017

TPP making changes to SystmOne to address data protection concerns

TPP has confirmed it is piloting new functionality in its SystmOne electronic patient record, with a view to addressing data
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