NHSBT secures portable media
NHS Blood and Transplant is rolling out a project to protect data on laptops, PCs, USB sticks and other portable media. The project was launched in 2008 to meet government requirements to protect mobile devices from malware, data loss and theft. The agency is working with Integralis, which provides IT security services, and solutions from […]
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Sweden’s Ortivus signs antivirus deal
Swedish health IT specialist Ortivus has signed an agreement with Swedish IT security provider SE46 AB.
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Google Health now made for sharing
Google Health has unveiled a new feature of its online personal health record that allows users to share their medical details with doctors, carers or family members. The new features allow a user to elect to share either a summary or selected details of their record with chosen individuals. The sharing feature can subsequently be […]
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Hong Kong plans e-health records
Hong Kong’s Food and Health Bureau has set out healthcare reform plans that include proposals to develop a Hong Kong-wide electronic patient record-sharing system. The shared electronic health record system would enable different public and private healthcare providers to enter, transfer and access patient data. The system would include mechanisms for obtaining patients’ consent, and […]
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Virtually there
An increasing number of NHS trusts are undertaking virtualisaton projects. Daloni Carlisle reports.
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Another PCT rapped over data loss
The Information Commissioner’s Office has taken enforcement action against another NHS body for a breach of the Data Protection Act. Hastings and Rother Primary Care Trust has become the eighth health service organisation since November and the second PCT this month to be asked to sign a formal undertaking to comply with the DPA following […]
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Watch this HealthSpace
NHS Connecting for Health is hoping to get Treasury approval in the next few weeks to develop its online health organiser HealthSpace. The organiser allows patients in some of the early adopter areas to access their Summary Care Record. They must complete strict security checks, which include presenting two forms of ID showing the same […]
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Carestream gets KBV e-health card certification
Carestream Health has become one of the first healthcare IT companies to receive the KBV certificate, eGK-Release-0, as part of the initial rollout of the electronic health smartcard in Germany. The Federal National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians awarded the certificate for the Care Radiology Information System (RIS) software. The certification provides confirmation that […]
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Sectra enters the Greek market
The Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra has signed a distribution agreement with the Greek company Proton S.A., a provider of medical imaging and security systems based in Athens. Proton becomes a distributor of all Sectra’s medical systems and products in Greece and Cyprus. “Proton has solid experience with products similar to Sectra’s, and this […]
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Brent PCT rapped over data loss
A third English NHS Trust in the space of a month has been required to take enforcement action by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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