Search Tag: GDPR
2025 09 Nov
; Healthcare ;organisations ;operate ;in complex digital ecosystems where data breaches and ransomware can disrupt care, damage ;trust ;and strain finances. Effective ;defence ;depends on ;timely ;detection, fast containment and disciplined recovery, built on clear governance and continuous visibility across clinical and corporate systems. A resilient...Read more
2025 09 Nov
; Healthcare ;organisations ;operate ;in complex digital ecosystems where data breaches and ransomware can disrupt care, damage ;trust ;and strain finances. Effective ;defence ;depends on ;timely ;detection, fast containment and disciplined recovery, built on clear governance and continuous visibility across clinical and corporate systems. A resilient...Read more
2025 28 Oct
Reusing clinical data can improve personalised care, support earlier diagnosis and deepen understanding of disease. Turning that into routine practice is hard. A Belgian glioblastoma initiative, TumorScope, set out to build a secure data environment linking MRI and PET-CT, tissue samples, genomic profiles and electronic health records. Over five...Read more
2025 28 Oct
Reusing clinical data can improve personalised care, support earlier diagnosis and deepen understanding of disease. Turning that into routine practice is hard. A Belgian glioblastoma initiative, TumorScope, set out to build a secure data environment linking MRI and PET-CT, tissue samples, genomic profiles and electronic health records. Over five...Read more
2025 18 Oct
Embedding antimicrobial resistance management in routine care demands cross-disciplinary skills, change management and interoperable IT. GDPR and legacy systems hinder integration of point-of-care tools such as RaDAR. Progress relies on shifting from silos to process-based teams and sustaining training with leadership support. Priorities include...Read more
2025 07 Oct
Radiology’s rapid digitisation has delivered faster workflows and broader access to specialist expertise, yet it has also expanded the attack surface across imaging networks, data stores and remote workstations. Health care delivery has faced sharp growth in ransomware, data exfiltration and operational disruption, with high direct and downstream...Read more
2025 09 Sep
Digital health tools now generate sensitive information well beyond clinical settings, from consumer apps and wearables that track activity, sleep, blood pressure and oxygen levels to platforms that interpret intimate physiological signals. Yet many devices are not subject to mandatory quality control, and users are often not meaningfully informed...Read more
2025 09 Sep
Digital health tools now generate sensitive information well beyond clinical settings, from consumer apps and wearables that track activity, sleep, blood pressure and oxygen levels to platforms that interpret intimate physiological signals. Yet many devices are not subject to mandatory quality control, and users are often not meaningfully informed...Read more
2025 09 Sep
Europe’s General Court has upheld the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, dismissing a legal challenge and confirming that the arrangement offers an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred across the Atlantic. The judgment, delivered on 3 September, brings near term certainty to organisations that depend on transatlantic data flows....Read more
2025 28 Jul
The Integrated Digital Evidence and Research for Health Action (IDERHA) initiative is developing a disease-agnostic, federated health data platform that enables access to and reuse of diverse digital health data, including electronic health records, medical imaging and patient-reported outcomes. Supported by the Innovative Health Initiative, IDERHA...Read more
2025 28 Jul
The Integrated Digital Evidence and Research for Health Action (IDERHA) initiative is developing a disease-agnostic, federated health data platform that enables access to and reuse of diverse digital health data, including electronic health records, medical imaging and patient-reported outcomes. Supported by the Innovative Health Initiative, IDERHA...Read more
2025 24 Apr
Germany and the European Union (EU) are transforming health data collection and use to enable precision health through a collaborative system. Key initiatives like the European Health Data Space (EHDS) and Germany’s National Health Data Lab are central to this shift. They facilitate access to anonymised population data while ensuring privacy,...Read more
2019 02 Oct
An overview of Affidea’s journey embedding digital tools across its network to orchestrate patient care and improve patient experience. It was the airline industry which proved 60 years ago that through digitisation, airports could become more efficient and safer. Airports introduced the air traffic control technology which allowed them to...Read more