Patient data now viewable across all Welsh health boards
Healthcare professionals in Wales can now access digital patient information across all health board organisational boundaries, NWIS has announced.
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Data strategies must be designed around patient input, report finds
Patients must feel a sense of agency and control over what happens to their data and health data must always be used in a way that is safe, a report found.
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Patient data sent to global drug companies ‘may not be anonymous’
Patients whose medical information is of particular interest to international companies have already been identified, senior NHS officials claimed.
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NHS ‘risks repeat of care.data in talks to commercialise medical records’
Secretive NHS talks to discuss the potential to commercialise 65 million patients’ records risked jeopardising patient trust, Professor Joe McDonald said.
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NHS staff ‘uncomfortable with tech giants handling patient data’
A survey from Sensyne Health found that just 17% of 1,027 healthcare staff would trust big tech companies to handle patient data in a confidential manner.
AI and Analytics
Eight organisations join UK Health Data Research Alliance
The Alliance aims to make health data more accessible and improve data quality in order to build a more innovative and efficient health and care system.
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National Data Guardian wants more discussion on NHS commercial relationships
The National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care commissioned a poll which looked into public attitudes to NHS organisations working with partners.
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AI needs quality NHS data to succeed, director of research centre says
Professor Reza Razavi also said patient engagement is vital if we don’t want to “sour the pitch” for other data-driven initiatives in the future.
AI and Analytics
UK Health Data Research Alliance aims to improve patient care
The Alliance will look into the best ways to design, use, collect, manage and analyse health data in a responsible way for clinical trials.
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Home Office discussing potentially unlawful access to patient info by police
According to some local medical committees in England, police are using subject access requests to acquire the medical histories of individuals who have applied for a firearms licence – a mechanism the ICO argues breaches data protection law.
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