Hundreds of organisations breached patient data rules, reveals BMJ

Hundreds of organisations breached patient data rules, reveals BMJ Hundreds of organisations, including drug companies, private healthcare providers and universities, have breached patient data sharing agreements but not had their access to patient data withdrawn, a report reveals.

“High risk” breaches were revealed to have occurred at healthcare groups, pharmaceutical giants and educational institutions including Virgin Care, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Imperial College London, during audits by NHS Digital, according to an investigation by the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The Guardian

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• Hundreds of patient data breaches are left unpunished (open access) The BMJ
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