Fears over NHS e-records system
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The introduction of electronic patient records as part of a Â£6.8bn NHS IT upgrade comes under attack from MPs.
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The government says the loss of patient records by NHS Trusts affects 168,000 people.
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Details about every citizen revealed The Dutch Data Protection Authority is investigating claims that a medical database set up by health insurance companies reveals details about nearly every Dutch citizen.â¦
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I am whoever I say I am The Care Records Development Board (CRDB) is preparing to pilot online patient access to medical records, it said this week, but it hasn't yet worked out what kind of authentication procedures or security system it will use.â¦
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PATIENTS who use the internet to find out information about chronic disease rather than listening to their doctor could be putting their health at risk, research suggested today.
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Serious doubts are raised on the accuracy of a new ID system being introduced on new UK passports next year.
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Questions are being raised about the NHS's ability to push ahead with plans to close services.
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Concerns about safety and the care of dying patients dominate complaints to an NHS watchdog.
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Wonder why they ever called them NHS Trusts... A laptop containing medical records for more than 5,000 people has been lost by a hospital near Dudley.â¦
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Government spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, is to investigate a Â£6.2bn programme to install a computer system at the NHS.
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Every 14-year-old in England will have their personal details recorded on a permanent database raising privacy fears.
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Starts consultation on not screwing up The NHS has published a consultation document on the use of a national computer system to manage recruitment of junior doctors, in a bid to avoid a repeat of this year's debacle.â¦
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Half of all GPs will consider refusing to put patient records on a new national database in, a survey finds.
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WASHINGTON - Privacy advocates are concerned that an implantable microchip designed to help doctors tap into a patient&#39;s medical records could undermine confidentiality or could even be used to track the patient&#39;s movements.
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Doctors need guidance on how to avoid problems using technology to reach patients, says a researcher.
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Propose switch to decentralised, interoperable databases The Tory party has put forward a rescue plan for the NHS IT system in the wake of the latest government data losses, which were revealed over the weekend. Nine English NHS trusts have owned up to large scale losses of personal data, and although in most cases the nature of this data has yet to be revealed, City &amp; Hackney Primary Care Trust reportedly mislaid the names and addresses of 160,000 children.â¦
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Uncertainty surrounding a host of  legal issues may stall adoption of electronic medical records  and U.S. officials have done little to address the problem, a  congressional watchdog agency said Monday.