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Saturday, June 19, 2004Patient Data Compromised in NHS Hospital
 In yet another incident where NHS IT equipment has been lost or stolen confidential patient data has been compromised. At the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in Shropshire, nine computers containing several years worth of confidential patient data and teaching materials were stolen from the hospital's pathology department.The Trust's hospitals includes the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford where another theft was recently experienced, again involving confidential patient data. Its therefore very surprising that the major concern that the Trust's National Health Service (NHS) spokesman Phil Hipkiss was one of data loss not security. He's quoted as saying '..the data isn't lost since it is backed up daily.' Related Links Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals Trust Nine PCs stolen from NHS hospital By Lucy Sherriff The Register Laptop Hard Disk Encryption Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Stolen Laptop Computers posted by Robert Campbell 11:44 AM Councils encouraged to go 'mobile'
Several initiatives comming out of the Office of The Deputy Priminister ODPM are trying to encourage the use of technology, especially mobile computing, to improve service delivery and cut costs.Mobile technology is seen by the ODPM as a key enabler for building real applications, and according to a recent survey carried out by O2 is ..a way to improve services and cut red tape. ecommnet's recent seminar held in London earlier this month showed that interest in mobile computing is strong in all sectors including Law enforcement, Local Government, Finance and other service industries. Key issues for all organisations are; Data Security especially laptop and PDA encryption and remote mobile device management. With the Intellisync Enterprise Mobile Suite and the range of Utimaco products, SafeGuard PDA and SafeGuard Easy we believe we can address these issues better than anyone else in the market. Related Links Red tape cut by 'mobile' councils : Jane Wakefield : BBC News Online Mobile technology and teleworking Intellisync Enterprise Mobile Suite The Office of The Deputy Priminister posted by Robert Campbell 8:49 AM
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