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2006

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December 2006

• Surveillance society set to increase: IC opens public debate on implications.
• Suppliers voice concerns over Newcastle procurement.
• Security expert calls for boycott of CRS.
• Opt-out of CRS to be an absolute right.
• New uses of fingerprints.
• New Computer Misuse Act offences apply to NHS.
• Launch of Scottish Centre for Telehealth.
• GPs invited to cash in on patient records.
• Giant clinical data centre at heart of new IT-services alliance for NHS Scotland.
• FDA proposals for a medical-device ID system
• Doctors’ disaffection with the NPfIT grows again.
• Child databases “put children at risk”.
• BMA urges doctors to tell patients about the CRS now.
• British military in Germany adopt new PAS.
• Bioethics Council looks at genetic privacy and use of DNA.

November 2006

• Visually impaired students get better access to textbooks 9 Nov 2006
• Medical researchers hope to build supercomputer from PlayStation 3 9 Nov 2006
• Research shows even the best websites can cause problems 9 Nov 2006
• Privacy in US’s healthcare system easily breached 9 Nov 2006
• Police say they should know who is mentally ill 9 Nov 2006
• Patient confidentiality and torture 9 Nov 2006
• New computer model for predicting pandemics 9 Nov 2006
• Manchester developing de-cluttering technology to broaden Web access 9 Nov 2006
• Inquiry reports can include medical records 9 Nov 2006
• Government settles on public information campaign plus opt-out for summary records on CRS 9 Nov 2006
• Government says ‘no’ to technical review of the NPfIT 8 Nov 2006
• Erasmus Medical Centre develops immersive-reality for translational medicine 8 Nov 2006
• Data Protection Commissioners object to USA proposal for keeping EU travellers’ data for disease control 8 Nov 2006
• Consultation on regulations for child-index databases 8 Nov 2006
• Confidentiality not an absolute 8 Nov 2006
• Computing experts keep up pressure for a technical review of the National Programme 8 Nov 2006
• Access to healthcare made difficult for people with psychiatric problems and/or learning disabilities 8 Nov 2006
• Accenture quits its leading provider role in the NPfIT 8 Nov 2006
• Americans do not need to consent to EPR says Supreme Court 8 Nov 2006

October 2006

• University scientists share their dossier on NPfIT concerns. 23 Oct 2006
• Wider government information sharing vision includes NHS records. 6 Oct 2006
• Weigh privacy against intrusion, says ICO. 6 Oct 2006
• UN calls on countries to adopt OSS for healthcare. 6 Oct 2006
• Theft of samples for DNA testing now a criminal offence. 6 Oct 2006
• Public-sector websites promote digital divide says EU. 6 Oct 2006
• NHS Fife pilots discharge summary. 6 Oct 2006
• New code of practice for sharing genetic data. 5 Oct 2006
• Launch of the national collection of publications on healthcare informatics in the UK. 5 Oct 2006
• Courts to alert patients to orders requiring disclosure of medical records. 5 Oct 2006
• CfH simplifies HL7 implementation. 5 Oct 2006
• Celebrities secure more child protection. 5 Oct 2006

September 2006

• Open-source EHR responsible for best medical care. 5 Sept 2006
• NHS faces new compulsory records-disclosure powers. 5 Sept 2006
• IM&T staff and NHS managers indicate insufficient skills and implementation costs likely to cause failures in the NPfIT. 5 Sept 2006
• ID-card system lacks transparency and clarity of purpose, say MPs. 5 Sept 2006
• England’s patient-consent argument rumbles on.
  5 Sept 2006
• Computers to sniff out disease. 5 Sept 2006
• Capital Care Alliance switches to Millennium. 5 Sept 2006

July 2006

• We don’t know yet if the NPfIT investment is worthwhile, auditors say. 6 July 2006
• ‘Terminator’ terminates HIV privacy. 6 July 2006
• Patient choice: information quality worries trust directors. 6 July 2006
• New taskforce to tackle nCRS rollout delay. 6 July 2006
• New Australian public-service access card rejected 20 years ago. 6 July 2006
• Health sector spending too little on software. 6 July 2006
• eCare poised for national rollout. 6 July 2006
• BMA states its concerns about the nCRS. 6 July 2006

June 2006

• Survey reveals NHS failing to secure data on mobile devices. 28 June 2006
• Savings made by reverse auction overrated. 8 June 2006
• Public wants compulsory cancer registry, say researchers. 8 June 2006
• Public Accounts Committee to consider the NPfIT.
  8 June 2006
• NICE challenged over refusal to disclose information. 7 June 2006
• NHS Direct to be reshaped into a foundation trust. 7 June 2006
• NAO finds poor information transfer from OoH services. 7 June 2006
• IT-illiterate MPs hinder progress. 7 June 2006
• Hospital server clogged with MP3s. 7 June 2006
• England’s National Identity Register to become hub for all public-sector databases. 7 June 2006
• Doctors’ leader warns of erosion of patient confidentiality. 7 June 2006
• Doctors advised to warn patients of insecure emedia. 7 June 2006

May 2006

• USA’s DHHS lacked adequate information security. 23 May 2006
• US doctors against health-IT law. 23 May 2006
• Reporting of underage sexual activity reverts to status quo. 23 May 2006
• Software better than drugs for moderate depression, says NICE. 23 May 2006
• Time and money drive uptake of mobiles. 23 May 2006
• Report highlights struggle to improve management of healthcare in prisons. 23 May 2006
• LogicaCMG to network armed-services’ healthcare and dental services. 23 May 2006
• National Programme to go under microscope. 23 May 2006
• New records-management code. 23 May 2006
• NHS pace of change and new community services require radically different ISs. 23 May 2006
• Integration of healthcare and socialcare records is ‘pie in the sky’. 19 May 2006
• Industry too immature for Scotland’s vision. 19 May 2006
• GPASS still unpopular in Scotland. 19 May 2006
• Front-runner to buy CSC regards NPfIT as loss making. 19 May 2006
• Dot.com pharmacies fading fast. 19 May 2006
• CfH demands heads roll at Accenture. 19 May 2006
• Advancing NHS innovations. 19 May 2006
• BMA seeks to restrict rights of access to medical records. 19 May 2006
• Abolition of opt-in consent precipitates storm in New South Wales. 19 May 2006
• CfH service desk deal for Fujitsu. 2 May 2006

April 2006

• Study finds mobiles in healthcare could save £millions. 11 April 2006
• “Refresh” for England’s IT strategy. 11 April 2006
• Offshoring “risks patient confidentiality”. 11 April 2006
• More data sharing and fewer rights of access proposed.  11 April 2006
• Making opinions comply with data-protection obligations. 11 April 2006
• Guy’s CEO attacks National Programme. 11 April 2006
• DoH concedes further choice of GP systems. 11 April 2006
• Data-matching trial for sharing information about children. 11 April 2006
• Consent dispute could break Spine plans. 11 April 2006
• Cerner’s NPfIT installation stalled at first big test. 11 April 2006
• Barnsley tries telemonitoring failing hearts. 11 April 2006

March 2006

• GP-to-GP transfer of patient records on trial. 16 March 2006
• EC launches public-health-information exchange project. 16 March 2006
• DTI survey finds viruses biggest cause of disruption and spyware a growing threat. 16 March 2006
• Chlamydia-test results by text: faster and cheaper. 16 March 2006
• Data-protection law does not obstruct medical research, says Information Commissioner. 16 march 2006
• Doctors continue to support aims of the NPfIT, but still want better engagement. 16 March 2006

February 2006

• Surgeon mortality data released. 17 February 2006
• Security standards for the NHS and its partners: new rules. 17 February 2006
• Poor record keeping helped perpetuate life-threatening neglect of children. 17 February 2006
• Police want routine access to shared-care records. 17 February 2006
• Pharmacists prepare for national electronic prescription service. 17 February 2006
• Patients want erecord snoopers to be sacked. 17 February 2006
• National Programme now inspires “distrust and cynicism”, says poll. 17 February 2006
• No sealed envelope at first. 17 February 2006
• Lothian launches system for identifying children in need of protection. 17 February 2006
• Impact of delays “not significant”, says CfH. 17 February 2006
• Europe-wide survey finds public-sector websites are “not designed to be accessible”. 17 February 2006
• First content and use of shared-care record being determined. 17 February 2006
• Electronic records trauma. 17 February 2006
• Empire-building plans at NHS Direct. 17 February
• England launches its child-protection Information Sharing Index. 17 February
• DoH plan for tracking and containing the anticipated flu epidemic. 10 February 2006
• Audit Commission advises a blitz on poor data quality. 10 February 2006
• Details of sex offenders could be disclosed to third parties. 10 February 2006
• Confession made easy. 10 February 2006
• Divergent views on consent to use personal information in research. 10 February 2006
• Opportunities in the Dutch healthcare-IT market
  18 January 2006

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