No date for care.data report response
The programme director for care.data says she is happy with its “very productive” pathfinder phase, despite no date being set for a response to unresolved questions raised by an independent panel.
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Shed light on big data – ethics report
Greater transparency about big data projects in healthcare is crucial if they are to succeed without losing public trust, a report from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics has argued.
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Single opt-out “needed” for patient data
Health authorities should implement a single Spine-based opt-out for identifiable patient data, covering all care settings, to respect patients’ rights, a privacy watchdog says.
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Care.data in “last chance saloon”
NHS England has been warned its controversial care.data programme is at its “last chance saloon”, as it pushes ahead with the trial phase of the project.
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What you said in 2014
The stories that had EHI readers commenting in 2014 dealt with some real blasts from the past; the NHS Number, Windows XP, and the aftermath of the National Programme for IT.
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Care.data review raises questions
An independent review on the first stage of NHS England’s controversial care.data programme says a wide range of “unresolved” questions must be answered before it can proceed.
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Care.data review due in early 2015
An independent review on the first stage of the controversial care.data programme will be released in early 2015, as a new parliamentary report criticises its “lack of clarity and publicity”.
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Power to the people on: the great confidentiality face-off
Confidentiality can’t just be toggled on and off, because it goes to the heart of the doctor/patient relationship. Paul Hodgkin argues modern IT systems need to reflect that.
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Caldicott becomes data guardian
Dame Fiona Caldicott has been appointed national data guardian for health and care; a new role announced in the National Information Board’s IT framework.
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Four care.data pathfinders chosen
Clinical commissioning groups in Leeds, Blackburn, Somerset and West Hampshire have been selected as pathfinders for the care.data programme.
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