Social care faces big IT challenges – report
The NHS may be facing a steep climb in the quest for digital transformation but spare a thought for social care organisations.
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Criminal investigation after trust downed in cyber attack
Police are now investigating after a computer virus shut down three northern hospitals for four days.
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IG Toolkit to be scrapped as part of security reboot – Shaw
The information governance toolkit is likely to be “scrapped” as part of a packet of funding to improve cyber security in the NHS, Rob Shaw, NHS Digital’s chief operating officer, has told EHI LIve in Birmingham.
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Health CIO National Conference next week
NHS Digital chief executive Andy Williams will be joined by a wide range of speakers at the Health CIO National Conference next week.
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National exemplars should include non-acute – Gordon
The next round the “exemplars” should be expanded to include non-acute trusts, the chairman of NHS Digital says.
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NHS Digital’s plans for a digital NHS
The NHS is taking another run at digital transformation. At a national level, much of the “heavy lifting” is falling to NHS Digital. Ben Heather talks to three of the new organisation’s leaders about what coming for a digital NHS.
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‘Is the NHS going to be Ubered?’ – DH digital head
The government is hoping to bring digitally disruptive services in-house through its revamped NHS.uk website.
Digital Patient
National Cyber Security Centre to help tackle NHS threats
The National Cyber Security Centre became operational this week and some of its first goals will be improving security practices in the NHS.
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Shaw says NHS is under frequent cyber attack
The NHS is under frequent cyber attack, with a national attack that “may or may not” have been state sponsored having been launched just this month, the chief operating officer of NHS Digital has said.
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Data breaches ongoing as NHS Digital pushes opt-outs
Patients who opted out of sharing their data beyond direct care have not yet had their wishes respected, as NHS Digital chases up organisations slow to destroy data.
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