Patient information: how ICTs can help
Fiona Barr looks at the role information technology can play in providing greater information for patients.
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Children’s database work resumes after review
Ministers are to press ahead with plans to develop the £224m children’s database, ContactPoint, despite an independent security review identifying a “significant risk” to the system due to differing security procedures from organisations who will access the data. The decision follows the publication of the executive summary of the report by accountants Deloitte and Touche, […]
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OLM and Social Software partner on social care
Social care system specialists OLM Group and Social Software have partnered to develop a new integrated solution covering children’s social care, youth justice and court systems. The companies have piloted their new solution in the London Borough of Newham and claim that the joined-up approach facilitates a holistic view of each child’s record. “By integrating […]
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Medics sceptical about government data security
Nine out of ten doctors have no confidence in the government’s ability to safeguard patient data online, a poll by BMA News magazine has revealed. Over 90% of respondents said they were not confident patient data on the proposed NHS centralised database would be secure. The magazine says the profession’s scepticism appears to flow from […]
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Liquidlogic system compliant with DCSF specification
Liquidlogic’s Protocol Integrated Children’s System (ICS) has become the first ICS solution to achieve full compliance with the Department for Children, Schools and Families’ (DCSF) ICS Phase 1b requirements. Phase 1b compliance enables local authorities to implement a compliant solution in accordance with the DCSF’s 31 March 2008 deadline, as part of the government’s Every […]
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Children’s database delayed to review security
The government has announced that the £224m children’s database, ContactPoint, will be delayed for five months, so that a full security review can take place, following last week’s HM Revenue and Customs child benefit data loss scandal. The new system, originally due to go live in spring 2008, has been postponed and is now due […]
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N Yorks GPs protest over system choice
GPs claim their PCT is acting outside the GP Systems of Choice initiative by outlining a plan to encourage all practices to move onto the local service provider solution TPP’s SystmOne. North Yorkshire and York PCT ‘s IM&T strategy states that the introduction of SystmOne will be “actively promoted and supported by the PCT” giving […]
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Revenue blunder is a lesson for public bodies
The Information Commissioner has highlighted the importance of tight security and data protection in public sector bodies, following the security lapse at HM Revenue and Customs (HRMC) leading to the disappearance of discs containing the personal data of 25m people. Last night the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, confirmed that two computer discs holding the personal details […]
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Winners announced in BT e-Health Insider Awards
Awards for some of the UK?s most outstanding health IT projects and people were announced at the gala BT e-Health Awards ceremony in London last night.
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North Yorks chooses Liquidlogic for children’s system
Social care staff at North Yorkshire County Council, one of the biggest local authorities in the country, are to install a new electronic Integrated Children’s System to track the care of vulnerable children. Liquidlogic’s integrated children’s system (ICS), called Protocol, will provide full electronic visibility of case loads, replacing the paper-based case management currently used. […]
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