Confidentiality

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6 June 2003

NHS IT Programme Enters ā€˜Heartlandsā€™

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS has published a brief progress update, stating that ‘the heartlands of
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29 May 2003

Two PCTs Choose Graphnet for Integrated Electronic Records

Halton primary care trust (PCT) and Warrington PCT are to develop an integrated XML-based repository of real-time patient records that
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20 May 2003

Final Long-List for National Programme Reached

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS has reached the latest milestone in the procurement process for Local
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15 May 2003

Electronic Social Care Record To Be Phased

The December 2004 target for implementing full electronic social care records (ESCR) is not achievable and the roll-out is now
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14 May 2003

Poor IT Placing Patients at Risk Junior Doctors Warn

Improved communications systems that reflect the radically changed working practices in hospitals are vital to guarantee patient safety, a new
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8 May 2003

Basque GPs Suspended over Centralised Data Protest

Two GPs from the Basque Country in northern Spain have been suspended without pay, apparently for refusing to use a
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1 April 2003

HC 2003 – Pick of the Product and Service News

Healthcare Computing is a traditional launch pad for healthcare IT products and services and the industry did not disappoint this
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13 March 2003

Medical Records Found on Memory Stick

An incident in which a Cheshire estate agent found a memory stick she had bought contained confidential clinical records has
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6 March 2003

Over 2000 Reponses For NHSIA Confidentiality Campaign

Over 2000 responses to the NHS Information Authority’s national consultation on confidentiality are being analysed and early results are expected
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12 February 2003

Lockheed Martin To Build Canadian Forces Health System

Lockheed Martin has won a CAN$17m (£6.8m) contract to build an advanced healthcare information system for the Canadian Forces. The
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