NHS.uk will use location and browser history to personalise health advice
NHS.uk, the latest attempt to give patients online access to health records and services, will make use of device data from browsing history to your location.
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Staff targeted in NHS spear phishing attack
NHS Digital is warning NHS staff about a spate of spear phishing attacks, in which scammers pretend to be NHS colleagues and ask for money.
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Health IT news in brief
This week’s Health IT round-up includes tweaks to e-referral services for GPs and new order communications system connecting hospitals, GPs, and prisons.
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Problems accessing Google on NHS network
NHS staff are having difficulty accessing Google, with many faced with a CAPTCHA page.
Infrastructure
Redcentric wins £12 million HSCN contract
The new NHS network is taking shape, with Redcentric awarded a contract to run the peer exchange at the centre of HSCN.
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Move to implement patient ‘data lake’ scheme
After meeting with NHS data experts and tech companies, NHS England chief information officer Will Smart wants to push on with a new patient data collection scheme.
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Exclusive: 500m emails flood NHS during #replyallgate
More NHSmail emails were sent in 75 minutes than in a normal three months after a “software configuration error” nearly crashed the system.
Infrastructure
Community pharmacies targeted in NHSmail drive
An pharmacies wanting access to a new £75 million performance-based fund will need an account.
Infrastructure
Exclusive: Health data breaches on the rise
Since April 2015, UK health providers have reported more than 1300 “data security incidents”, including hundreds of cyber-attacks.
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Predictions for the year ahead: UK digital health leaders on 2017
In the second part of a two-part look ahead to 2017, Digital Health News asked some UK digital health leaders for their predictions for the year to come.
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