Further concerns have emerged this week regarding the use of patient data for secondary business use.
The Primary Health Care Specialist Group (PHCSG) has warned that failure to apply the proper governance may result in the use of patient data being blocked nationally.
At the Primary Health Info conference, Ewan Davis, who leads the work for the PHCSG, said that the Group has been investigating the use of secondary data following concerns from members about what PCTs are planning to do with it.
Davis highlighted the fact that the NHS needs to ensure that any information used is adequately anonymised by use of the best privacy enhancing technologies.
Ardentia’s Pseudonymisation solution has been designed to help Trusts use patient data safely, in accordance with Confidentiality: NHS Code of Practice.
By enabling Trusts to generate pseudonyms to remove key identifiers that may associate a treatment pathway with a particular individual, patient confidentiality is upheld and privacy issues are resolved.
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