The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reported that data breaches in Britain’s healthcare sector have doubled. Health organisations have suffered 183 data leaks caused by human error in 2014, in comparison to only 91 breaches that were reported this time last year. This 101% increase in healthcare cyber breaches represented the highest number of incidents, … [Read more…]
Despite the history the NHS has over major blunders regarding legal use of information, it will continue selling patients’ medical data to insurance firms. This data includes dates of birth, details of diagnosis, and postcodes of patients, however experts say proper measures are finally in use in order to prevent misuse of data. In June, … [Read more…]
The use of old data causes outrage A new patient safety website has already come under fire from trusts, criticising that the data advertised is out of date and doesn’t reflect their practices. The government site, part of the Sign up to Safety Campaign, aims to showcase whether trusts have an open and honest reporting … [Read more…]