Cyber Security
Blackpool Hospitals fined for publishing staff details
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £185,000 for publishing details of thousands of staff online.
5 May 2016
Cyber Security
Cyber Security
Cyber security is critical to the future of the NHS
Jon Hoeksma explains why Digital Health News has launched a Cyber Security Hub; and why the NHS needs to wake up to cyber security.
5 May 2016
Cyber Security
Davey Winder: hacking healthcare
Security journalist Davey Winder starts a new series of columns on Digital Health’s Cyber Security Hub by asking: what is the truth of hacking healthcare?
3 May 2016
Cyber Security
Caldicott and care.data stalled by EU referendum ‘purdah’
Dame Fiona Caldicott’s most recent review of data sharing will not be published until after the referendum on membership of the European Union, it has been revealed.
21 April 2016
Cyber Security
Citizens’ juries back opt-out for health data
Two citizens’ juries organised by The University of Manchester have backed an opt-out model for a database of health records that could be used for research and other purposes other than direct patient care.
29 March 2016
Cyber Security
Wellcome Trust issues new data sharing report
The Wellcome Trust has returned to the debate about the use of health data with a report arguing that researchers and companies must show ‘public benefit’ for sharing to be acceptable.
9 March 2016
