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N Irish nursing home fined £15k over data breach

25 August 2016

A Northern Irish nursing home has been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office for failing to protect the sensitive data of its employees and residents.

Recovery plan for Child Protection Information Sharing

25 August 2016

The Child Protection Information Sharing scheme is in recovery mode as local authorities struggle to deploy the system designed to protect vulnerable children.

Torbay and South Devon deploying HealthShare

24 August 2016

A single, integrated clinical portal linking primary, acute, community and social care will be rolled out across Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.

London hospitals in UK-first health data exchange

23 August 2016

Two London trusts have become the first in UK to establish data sharing between their Cerner health information exchanges, covering a population of 1.3 million people.

Individual Patient Identifier live in Ireland

22 August 2016

Every patient in Ireland has been assigned unique identifying number, in an effort to improve patient safety and data quality.

Two companies on £20m Scottish EPMA framework

19 August 2016

Just two firms – Emis Health and JAC – have been given ‘preferred bidder’ status for an e-prescribing framework contract in Scotland that should be completed and signed by the end of next month.

Healthcare IT news in brief

19 August 2016

This week’s healthcare news round-up delves into a progress on e-referrals in Ireland, how doctors are getting involved in healthcare social media platforms, and some clever tech from Lincolnshire.