CSC launches BlackBerry ‘super app’
CSC has partnered with Research in Motion to offer a secure new service that allows NHS staff to access and update patient information remotely via a BlackBerry.
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London carnival on hold for RiO
Further implementations of the latest RiO community and mental health software in London and the South have been put on hold until September. The mounting delay means that up to five months will have passed since installations were stopped in April. Local service provider BT and the London Programme for IT previously said they planned […]
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London RiO upgrades remain on hold
Upgrades to the RiO community and mental health system remain on hold in London, despite a two week deadline to fix problems, which passed a fortnight ago. As first reported by E-Health Insider on 14 May, BT provided upgrades to version 5.1 of RiO were suspended at all NHS trusts in London after a series […]
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RiO upgrades suspended in London
Moves to upgrade NHS organisations in London to the latest NHS Spine-connected version of the RiO community and mental health system have been suspended after a series of performance problems.
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Tower Hamlets deploys OneSign
Tower Hamlets has become the latest primary care trust to use Imprivata OneSign. The single sign-on solution is being rolled out to provide 600 of the trust’s staff with secure access to applications including clinical systems and NHSmail. OneSign is more conventionally used in acute trusts, but it is already being used by other PCTs […]
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GPs and their families urged to boycott NHS ‘spine’
GP representatives are advising GPs and their families to consider withdrawing themselves from the NHS spine “as an example to the nation” because of concerns about the confidentiality of demographic data. Last week’s local medical committees’ conference voted in favour of a proposal to advise GPs to consider withdrawing from the spine after hearing about […]
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Securing NHS Care Records
Duncan McNeil, chief technology officer for the National Programme for IT, explains how new NHS Smartcards will be used to restrict access to patient information.
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