Data sharing

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6 November 2017

Great North Care Record Model to switch to opt-in data sharing

The Great North Care Record is to switch from a model where patients can choose to opt out of information
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20 September 2017

Joe’s View: Consent is dead; long live citizen data sharing preferences

Joe McDonald wasn’t a hobbit in Lord of the Rings, he wasn’t at Wembley to see Geoff Hurst’s winner, but
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Life Sciences Industrial Strategy front cover
18 September 2017

Use AI and simplify data access, says government-commissioned report

The use of artificial intelligence in UK healthcare should be increased, e-prescribing made mandatory, and researcher access to national datasets
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31 August 2017

TPP making changes to SystmOne to address data protection concerns

TPP has confirmed it is piloting new functionality in its SystmOne electronic patient record, with a view to addressing data
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Illumina says the $US100 genome is in sight, bring precision medicine into the mainstream.
31 August 2017

Work needed on genomic and genetic data sharing – NDG

Further work is needed to establish how the consent process might appropriately cover data sharing in genetic and genomic medicine,
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22 June 2017

Data analytics can boost mental healthcare – trust CEO

Data analytics will be crucial to improving the delivery of mental healthcare and demonstrating the need for investment in it,
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15 June 2017

CIOs and CCIOs urge greater clarity on shared records and data protection

Current data protection guidance is contradictory and not conducive to effective patient care according to a new discussion paper published
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8 March 2017

ICO investigating GP system supplier TPP over ‘data protection compliance concerns’

Thousands of patients are being warned their GP electronic records may not be secure, amid an ongoing ICO investigation into
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21 February 2017

NHS Digital will not face “regulatory action” from ICO

NHS Digital will not face "regulatory action" from ICO for not honouring patients' Type 2 opt outs, which allows your
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8 February 2017

National Data Guardian to review health data sharing on illegal immigrants

Dame Fiona Caldicott, the National Data Guardian, will be meeting health and Home Office officials to discuss controversial data scheme
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