Lack of clarity around data sharing risks ‘irreparable mistrust’, NHS Digital chief warns
Sarah Wilkinson said the NHS needs to formalise its position on the secondary use of patient data to improve its care offering.
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1 in 20 trusts published pre-Brexit data checks to ‘identify vulnerabilities’
NHSE and NHSD have told healthcare leaders to ensure the self-assessments are completed to “quickly identify and address any vulnerabilities” before Brexit.
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Thousands of GPs risk breaching data protection laws in new vaccine data system
The new system uses a process that copies, transfers and stores the whole GP database, rather than the minimal data required to update vaccinations data.
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No-deal Brexit could cause delay in data sharing with EU, NHS is warned
NHS England and NHS Improvement have urged providers to identify any databases or data flows stored in the EU that are critical to patient care.
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Patient experience surveys exempted from national data opt-outs
Health minister Steve Brine confirmed patients’ requests for information not to be shared, through the national data opt-out, would not apply to surveys.
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King’s Fund congress majors on culture, partnerships and patient tools
Digital Health News attended the King’s Fund Digital Health and Care Congress in central London last week to hear about the barriers to transformation.
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Emis Health is the supplier ‘most receptive to interoperabilty’, new report suggests
Compiled by Utah-based healthcare research agency KLAS, the NHS Interoperability 2018 report assesses how easily NHS organisations are able to receive data from other bodies.
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Patients trust NHS with their data but still wary about use, survey suggests
More than three-quarters of the British public say they trust the NHS with their personal data despite recent privacy scares highlighted by the media.
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Research suggests asthma sufferers would share data
The ‘Data Sharing and Technology: Exploring the attitudes of people with asthma’ report, which was put together by Asthma UK revealed that of the 3000 people who took part in the survey, 83% felt comfortable to share their information for research purposes.
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