Privacy

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3 July 2024

What makes the NHS App successful?

Building a ‘superapp’ is a delicate act of statecraft, writes Mohammad Al Ubaydli from Patients Know Best
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22 April 2024

Digital identity crucial for security and enabling transformation says Kelly

Digital identity is crucial for security and enabling digital transformation in healthcare, Imprivata's Dr Sean Kelly told Digital Health News.
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Coffee Time Briefing
8 December 2023

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today's briefing includes Holly Health securing £650K in an investment and grant funding round and Sanofi partnering with Aqemia.
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7 April 2022

Goldacre recommends Trusted Research Environments become ‘the norm’

A review led by Professor Ben Goldacre into health data has recommended Trusted Research Environments (TREs) become the "norm".
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2 July 2020

Londoners have their say on how their health data is used

Londoners have given national and local health leaders a mandate for how they expect their data to be used as
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6 May 2020

Privacy risks of contact-tracing app exist ‘in theory’, cyber expert says

Dr Ian Levy acknowledged there’s a reidentification risk with tracing technologies but said the NHS app doesn’t collect enough data
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26 April 2019

‘Biggest obstacle’ in digitising healthcare is privacy, Wachter warns

Digitising healthcare was “essential” but it will be “incredibly hard” to take advantage of the digital revolution if data can’t
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19 December 2017

GDPR: Which NHS trusts are ready for 25 May 2018?

New data from Digital Health Intelligence reveals 55% of acute trusts 47% of mental health trusts have an implementation plan prepared
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22 August 2017

Privacy first: A report on healthcare digital transformation

In late April 2017 UKCloud Health commissioned an extensive survey with ComRes into the general public’s stance on data protection,
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4 August 2017

Privacy and Healthcare Data book explores changing concept of ‘privacy’ and ‘patient control’

Patients should be empowered by “the choice of control” – that is the key message addressed in the newly released
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