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NHS England has admitted that there is a risk of patient data being identified following the launch of a new central database, despite promises that the records will be pseudonymised when extracted from GPs? systems.
The news will likely prompt concern from citizens and critics of the recently announced care.data scheme, which has suffered from growing concern and claims that the system will undermine patient privacy.
The NHS will sell access to the datasets on to private companies and researchers, which supporters claim will greatly improve advancements in healthcare.
Critics have hit out the scheme and said that although the data will be 'pseudonymised', it will only be a matter of time before identifiable patient data will be held by a number of companies across the world and patients won't be able to do anything about it.
http://www.computerworlduk.com/news...re-is-privacy-risk-with-new-patient-database/
The news will likely prompt concern from citizens and critics of the recently announced care.data scheme, which has suffered from growing concern and claims that the system will undermine patient privacy.
The NHS will sell access to the datasets on to private companies and researchers, which supporters claim will greatly improve advancements in healthcare.
Critics have hit out the scheme and said that although the data will be 'pseudonymised', it will only be a matter of time before identifiable patient data will be held by a number of companies across the world and patients won't be able to do anything about it.
http://www.computerworlduk.com/news...re-is-privacy-risk-with-new-patient-database/