Welsh data breach exposes information of Covid-19 patients
Public Health Wales has confirmed a data breach which involved the personally identifiable data of Welsh residents who have tested positive for Covid-19.
Cyber Security
NHS Wales to receive £50m digital reboot in long-needed IT overhaul
Alongside £50m in new funding, the reformed NHS Wales will appoint a CDO who will help define national standard for Wales’s digital health services.
Infrastructure
E-consent company founded by Welsh surgeon receives £350k funding
Concentric provides a paper-free consent process and still ensures patients facing surgery can still make shared decisions with their clinicians.
Digital Patient
Industry news in brief
Our last industry round up for 2018 features news that CHKS has been awarded a new contract in Wales to create a clinical benchmarking and analytics system.
News
Welsh social prescribing start-up joins AHSN accelerator
Signum Health’s i-navigator platform supports people in need of non-clinical care, such as weight loss, anxiety and depression and social isolation.
Digital Patient
Industry news in brief
April’s industry news in brief features YouGov research which suggests UK adults are open to using new health technology. We also feature the news that Mictrotest has officially signed a contract with NHS Wales Informatics Service to be one of two suppliers for GP clinical IT systems in the country.
News
Welsh patients warned of ‘backlog’ following widespread network failures
A widespread network failure at two data centres in Wales has now been resolved but there has been warnings that some areas may experience a “backlog”.
Clinical Software 1
Diabetics in Wales get Patients Know Best record
From June, all young people in Wales with diabetes will be able to control who sees their Patients Know Best (PKB) medical record.
Digital Patient
Health IT news in brief
This week’s health IT news in brief covers funding for projects in Wales, the implementation of new technology at trusts in London and Cornwall, and growth for a rota software company co-founded by a former A&E doctor.
News
Health IT news in brief
Today’s health IT news in brief covers the rollout of a paediatric diabetes information management system, a new accreditation for System C’s maternity software, and the launch of an inquiry into decision making algorithms.
Clinical Software
