Data

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3 December 2008

Better search: a cure for cyberchondria?

Search engines may need to be redesigned to stop people turning into “cyberchondriacs”, a study by Microsoft Research has suggested.
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2 December 2008

Just champion

Sue Rushbrook won the Healthcare ICT Champion of the Year award for her work on a voice and data network
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2 December 2008

Westminster accelerates access to applications

Westminster Primary Care Trust has solved lengthy log in times for community staff by implementing a Cisco Wide Area Application
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28 November 2008

NHS Tayside and Lanarkshire guilty of data breaches

Two Scottish health boards have been found in breach of data protection laws for leaving patients’ personal information on paper
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27 November 2008

Royal Free says Cerner creates duplicate x-ray risk

Patients at the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust are potentially at risk of having duplicate x-rays ordered and receiving double
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27 November 2008

Lib Dems demand tougher data protection

The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Department of Health to publish minimum standards for the protection of data on
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24 November 2008

Remote access across North Mersey

North Mersey Health Informatics Service has implemented a remote access solution for community-based clinicians, using laptops and 3G services. Already,
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21 November 2008

Rescue plan for Royal Free

A 90-day rescue plan is underway at The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust to try and fix a catalogue of
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19 November 2008

Left to their own devices?

An E-Health Insider survey has revealed a mixed picture on mobile device security. Stephen Pritchard reports.
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19 November 2008

Survey reveals mixed picture on device security

NHS organisations have tightened up on mobile device security in response to the recent spate of data breaches from the
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