Commentary, opinions, responses and topics relevant to healthcare data management.

Spring Cleaning and Healthcare Data Management

My wife ambushed me the other weekend and coerced me to commence a spring clean of the home office. This was a painful experience, and I’m sharing it with you because my major recollection of this event is also relevant to healthcare data. Let me explain…...

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Empowering the EPR – data management is key

Tim Kelsey, Commissioning Board Director of Informatics, recently warned that some hospitals had little over a year to meet an NHS Commissioning Board deadline for upgrading to electronic patient record (EPR) systems. This is a tough deadline and one that is...

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Best Practices for PACS Image Archive Protection Part 3 of 3

By Tim Kaschinske @TimKaschinske Part 3 of 3 This is part 3 of 3 in a blog series intended to provide best practice information on using file-level protection within a hospital environment. For full information and context you can read Part 1 and Part 2, posted on Feb...

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Extending your LSP Contract – Help or Hindrance?

With the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) slowly winding down, Trusts are in the process of considering their options regarding their PACS environments. This means many trusts are deciding to extend their PACS contract to allow them more time todo this. However, each...

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A Question of Data Migration…

We often get asked for advice on data migration, and the first thing we then ask is: “What are you migrating from and what do you want to migrate to?” This question is often met by a deathly silence. Whilst this may appear to be a simple question, many...

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Best Practices for PACS Image Archive Protection Part 2

By Tim Kaschinske @TimKaschinske This is part 2 of 3 in a blog series intended to provide best practice information on using file-level protection within a hospital environment. Part 1 of this series was published during the week of Feb 4; Part 3 will be published...

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Better Data Means Better Care

Although it has not yet officially been announced, there have been reports by Government Computing that the NHS Commissioning Board is set to appoint Ming Tang, managing director at NHS South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Commissioning Support Unit, as the new director for...

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Best Practices for PACS Image Archive Protection Part 1

By Tim Kaschinske @TimKaschinske This is part 1 of 3 in a blog series intended to provide best practice information on using file-level protection within a hospital environment. PACS image archive protection is best understood within the context of the entire of suite...

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Big Data – what this means for Data Protection in Healthcare

Big Data is in the press a lot at the moment. However, ‘Big Data’ means a lot of things to a lot of different people. Within healthcare, the digitisation of patient records, combined with the emergence of electronic medical records (EMRs), has meant that the volume...

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Pitfalls to avoid when changing your PACS supplier

We recently saw a presentation by Max Clarke, PACS Manager at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, who discussed the procurement procedure and different strategies to consider when replacing your PACS. She highlighted some of the key...

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