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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...