Mental health app wins NI hack day
The first Health Hack Northern Ireland event held last weekend was won by a group of clinicians and developers who created a mental health information app.
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Can you help me, Dr Geek?
The first Digital Doctors Conference in London covered the basics of programming. Lis Evenstad found delegates enthusiastic about everything from learning HTML to generating ideas for apps.
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South London website hacked
South London Healthcare NHS Trust had to take down it website after it was hacked overnight on Tuesday
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NHS Appraisal site back online
The Department of Health has restored the NHS Appraisal Toolkit website which was taken offline last month after routine checks revealed it could be vulnerable to hackers. The website was suspended by the DH after it said the nine year old system “was not sufficiently robust to withstand modern day hacking." The DH said ministers were […]
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Hacker fears close NHS Appraisal website
The NHS Appraisal Toolkit has been taken offline for almost a month following concerns about its vulnerability to hackers. The toolkit, which was established nine years ago, was taken down at 4pm on Tuesday afternoon after “routine testing” showed that certain aspects are “not sufficiently robust to withstand modern day hacking.” In a statement the Department […]
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Anderson: ‘prepare for more viruses’
A well-known IT security expert has told E-health Insider that hospitals need to accept that viruses exist and has urged them to be better prepared for attacks. Ross Anderson, Professor of Security Engineering at Cambridge University, told EHI: “Hospitals need to design systems on the understanding that viruses exist, just like hospitals are built on […]
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Lancashire takes charge of USB ports
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has taken control of its USB ports using a data protection solution from Lumension Security. The trust, which employs 3,500 staff and provides mental health and substance misuse services across Lancashire, held a USB stick amnesty and replaced “rogue” devices with officially sanctioned memory sticks. It then implemented the Sanctuary […]
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Hackers take puff out of anti-smoking ban sites
Two anti-smoking ban websites were redirected to the NHS Smokefree website over the weekend, after hackers changed the domain name settings to the give-up smoking website. Lobby groups Freedom2Choose and Forces International, were both hit by a Denial of Service (DNS) poisoning attack, resulting in UK users being shown the NHS Smokefree homepage, instead of […]
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‘Sealed envelopes’ on hold as policy debate continues
Local service providers (LSPs) are unable to deploy sealed envelope functionality because a clear specification looking at how the policy should work is not yet available, the Commons Health Select Committee heard today. Computer Science Corporation’s president of the Europe Group, Guy Hains told the committee that the LSP to the North-west and West Midlands, […]
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NHS telecoms fraud survey taken on by consultancy
An international consultancy company has stepped in to fill what it says is a hole in NHS telecommunications fraud prevention services created since the wind-up of the NHS Information Authority (NHSIA). Steve Mason, senior consultant at Vega, previously worked in telecoms fraud prevention at the NHSIA before it was disbanded in April. After most of the NHSIA’s responsibilities […]
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