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22 December 2017

Digital Health’s review of the year, 2017

What a year 2017 has been in the world of digital health. It was a year you couldn't avoid with
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6 December 2017

PCS Speaker profile: Peter Brown on mordernising data protection laws

Peter Brown, a senior technology officer at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), will be speaking about data protection principles in
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14 September 2017

Former NHS employee guilty of snooping on patient records

A former NHS employee at Royal Stoke Hospital has been found guilty in court for snooping on patient records of
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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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15 August 2017

ICO warns NHS staff that unlawfully accessing patient records is an offence

The Information Commissioner’s Office has reminded NHS staff about the serious consequences of prying into patients’ medical records without a
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Mustafa Suleyman Deepmind
5 July 2017

DeepMind Health told to change its public perception

DeepMind Health’s independent review panel has found the company should be held to higher account due its Google links and
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Google DeepMind
3 July 2017

Royal Free and Google DeepMind trial did not comply with DPA

The ICO has found the 1.6 million patient records shared between the Royal Free and Google's DeepMind did not comply
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Digital Health Cybersecurity Round-Up
16 June 2017

Cybersecurity news round-up

In the first of our new monthly cybersecurity news round-ups, we report on limited confidence in medical device security, fines
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25 April 2017

Whatsapp doc with instant messaging?

Instant messaging platforms, particularly Whatsapp, are widely used by doctors and clinical teams for quick and easy communications, but they
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6 April 2017

Davey Winder: when bad news is good news on cybersecurity

Could the impending implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) be the catalyst for strengthened cybersecurity in the
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