Daniel Ray: on direct data flows
The Health and Social Care Information Centre’s new director of data science says it’s time to end central returns; data needs to flow faster and it needs to flow straight from local to national systems.
AI and Analytics
Dan Taylor: what data security can learn from Euro 2016
Oh, Roy Hodgson. The Hawthorns will always love you, England will just want to forget, but the NHS should learn from you. In data security, as in football, as in life, leadership can really make a difference.
Cyber Security
NHSMail 2 rolled out to 200,000 NHS staff
More than 200,000 people have already been switched to NHSmail 2 and most will have barely noticed, the HSCIC says.
Infrastructure
Dan Taylor: The difficult second column
The head of the Health and Social Care Centre’s security operations wants to know if it should be offering a Cyber Security PDR to health and care organisations (so tell him…)
Cyber Security
HSCIC publishes Data Quality Maturity Index
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has published its first Data Quality Maturity Index, which assesses NHS providers on the quality of the data they submit to the centre.
AI and Analytics
Daniel Ray: on mapping a route to better quality data
The Health and Social Care Information Centre’s new director of data science starts a new analytics column by reflecting on the long journey that NHS data items can take; and on how to make sure they arrive in the best possible state.
AI and Analytics
Dan Taylor: taking security out of the bunker
The head of the Health and Social Care Centre’s security operations may work in a super secure area, but in a new column for Digital Health he argues that security is far too important to be left to the experts.
Cyber Security
First NHS e-Referrals API by end of year
The Health and Social Care Information Centre is developing a set of open APIs for its NHS e-Referrals service, with plans to deliver the first interface by the end of the year.
Infrastructure
Bryant to move to HSCIC as IT work shifts from NHS England
Beverley Bryant is to move from NHS England to the Health and Social Care Information Centre as part of a significant shift of IT responsibilities away from the commissioning board.
News
HSCIC actions 1.2m patient opt-outs
More than 1.2 million people will have their objection to having their identifiable health data shared for purposes other than direct care actioned by the Health and Social Care Information Centre this week.
AI and Analytics