Data security: keeping a lid on Pandora's box.
Following recent, high profile cases of public bodies "mislaying" sensitive information, Health Estate Journal considers the data security implications of increasing migration of patient and staff records to a central electronic NHS database, and examines the key issues for those responsible for maintaining such data safely and securely in hospitals and other care environments.
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