Thieves break hospital security to take laptops
Six laptop computers, containing the data of around 20,000 patients have been stolen from a London hospital by thieves who broke into a locked cabinet in a secure room. The laptops were updated with the patient data following problems with a central computer network at St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust and were stored in offices at […]
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Moorfields develop glaucoma detection software
Experts at London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital have developed software to spot signs of glaucoma earlier than conventional tests. The team believes that the test has the potential to prevent many patients from losing their sight, by monitoring their perception of motion. A central white spot and several white lines are displayed on a grey computer […]
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Data loss prompts Dudley to spend on security
The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust will spend £135,000 on new computer security software, following the theft of a laptop containing personal information on over 5,000 outpatients. A trust spokesperson confirmed to E-Health Insider that following a board meeting called to discuss the theft of the laptop, the trust has decided to purchase and […]
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Review after laptop theft from Welsh GP practice
Health bosses in Wales have written to 950 patients whose details were on a laptop computer stolen from St Julien’s GP surgery in Newport last month. Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust said the laptop contained patient retinopathy images together with the details of the patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth and phone numbers. The data […]
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Losing patient data may become a crime
The court should be able to prosecute doctors who have laptops containing unencrypted patient information stolen from their cars, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO has put forward proposals to the Ministry of Justice that will mean that it would be a criminal offence to “knowingly or recklessly” flout data protection rules […]
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Heart of England pilot community access to maternity records
Community midwives from the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust are to begin using their EuroKing E3 maternity information system outside of the hospital in a bid to reduce the high perinatal mortality rate in the region. The pilot will go live at the end of this month. All community midwives will be able to […]
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Stolen laptop prompts security reminder
GP practices have been reminded of their responsibilities for patient information following the theft of a practice laptop from a GP’s home. A laptop belonging to Dunstan Medical Centre in Bolton, containing patient data, was stolen from the home of partner Dr Thomas Lynch during a burglary this summer. Following the theft the practice wrote […]
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Forces medical records system ready to roll out
Derek Twiggs meets staff at RAP Following successful pilots, the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP) is due to be deployed progressively around military bases in the UK and abroad by August next year. The DMICP, developed by LogicaCMG, will allow instant access to military personnel’s health history from any enabled system, in a field […]
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Essex River implement remote access for radiologists
Radiologists at the Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust are able to view PACS images remotely thanks to a new secure remote access solution from infrastructure specialists Eurodata. The trust wanted a solution that would help to make access to images faster and available from any PC, not just the desktops within the hospital site. Until […]
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