Privacy & Security

Dr Saif Abed, founding partner of health IT consultancy AbedGraham, looks at the new 10-year plan for the National Health Service in England.

The whole point of electronic health records is to facilitate the sharing of patient data, but that is still difficult, not just because interoperability hasn't been fully achieved, but also because matching patient records is still not easy to achieve – putting patients at risk for incorrect care and also posing privacy concerns, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.

Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong delivered a ministerial statement on the Committee of Inquiry (COI) report on the SingHealth cyberattack in the Singapore Parliament on January 15 2019.

Aimee van Wynsberghe, co-founder of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics, looks at what we should do with robotics to improve life for patients and caregivers.

Without proper documentation for government regulators, infosec protocols might safeguard data without meeting federal criteria.

The speciality exhibit will have 90 booths, two theaters, nearly 60 education sessions and eight challenge opportunities to test your infosec chops.

Following the release of the public report by the Committee of Inquiry (COI) for the SingHealth cyberattack which occurred in July 2018 and Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS) taking disciplinary action on staff members involved in the incident and senior management team staff, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has imposed financial penalties on both IHiS and SingHealth, according to an official statement.

The IHiS Board of Directors appointed an independent human resource panel to examine the roles, responsibilities and actions of the IHiS staff involved, and assess the appropriate HR actions to be taken.