Loved by the good
EHI news editor Rebecca Todd visited Southampton to see the Hampshire Health Record in action; and heard it described as the Robin Hood of information sharing projects.
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Kelsey says ‘listen with data’
NHS commissioners cannot “listen” to what patients need without tools such as care.data to help them Tim Kelsey has argued, while again ruling out an opt-in model for the controversial programme.
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NHS must earn trust on data – Manning
The NHS needs to earn back the trust of patients in the way that it handles data, the chair of the HSCIC has said in a speech that also promised action on ‘accredited safe havens’ for commissioning data shortly.
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BMA votes for care.data opt-in
The British Medical Association has voted in favour of making care.data an opt-in system rather than an opt-out one, following a short but passionate debate at its Annual Representative Meeting.
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HSCIC review finds data release ‘lapses’
A Health and Social Care Information Centre review has uncovered “lapses” in how its predecessor organisation shared patient data, and set out measures to try and make sure they won’t recur.
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Open data could add £216bn to UK economy
A move towards open data could add £216 billion to the UK economy by 2017, says a joint report by NHS England and OpenGovLab.
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Mind the gap
This year’s NHS Confederation conference heard about a bright, tech-enabled future. But will it arrive in time to save the NHS from its pressing problems? Lyn Whitfield reports.
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GPs call for patient opt-in to care.data
GPs have called for patients to be able to opt in to their data being extracted from GP practices as part of care.data.
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‘No deadline’ for care.data roll-out
There is no new date set for the national deployment of the care.data programme after the government announced a six month delay to the go-live earlier this year.
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500 GP practices to pilot care.data
Between 100 and 500 GP practices will trial care.data in a phased roll out beginning this autumn, NHS England has announced.
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