AI needs quality NHS data to succeed, director of research centre says
Professor Reza Razavi also said patient engagement is vital if we don’t want to “sour the pitch” for other data-driven initiatives in the future.
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£22m competition launched to set up ‘Digital Innovation Hubs’
Part of a £37.5 million funding programme launched last year, the innovation hubs will give UK scientists and clinicians access to quality health data.
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Vendors have ‘obligation’ to be transparent about data use, charity warns
There is often confusion about who is responsible for ensuring users’ know what is happening to their data, Patient Safety Learning’s digital officer said.
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‘Biggest obstacle’ in digitising healthcare is privacy, Wachter warns
Digitising healthcare was “essential” but it will be “incredibly hard” to take advantage of the digital revolution if data can’t be shared, he said.
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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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