BT Selects Sapior to Secure NHS Patient Data.LONDON London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. -- Sapior Ltd. announces that BT has awarded Sapior a nine-year contract to enhance data security and privacy for the new NHS Care Records Service The NHS Care Records Service (NHS CRS) is part of Connecting for Health of the English National Health Service The project describes its objectives as follows: . The Sapior pseudonymisation solution will be used to de-identify sensitive patient information for use in secondary medical purposes rather than direct patient care. Sapior has been selected as one of a number of suppliers working with prime contractor BT on the NHS Care Records service. This national patient record database will be one of the largest in the world and will eventually contain a summary care record for every NHS NHS abbr. National Health Service NHS (in Britain) National Health Service patient in England. Sapior will ensure the confidentiality of these data, whilst they are being used for secondary activities like financial transfers, management information and medical research. "Sapior offers a mature, forward-looking data privacy solution that integrates easily and already meets significant future requirements," explains Rob Story, NHS Care Records Service programme director, BT. "Sapior has been extremely responsive to the demands of this ambitious project." "Our significant experience in Business Intelligence enables us to understand and provide for the unique security needs of sensitive data being analysed or shared over extended time periods, and to accommodate the performance required by such a massive database," said Robert Navarro Robert Navarro (born 1 May 1952 in Cuxac-d'Aude, Aude) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France. He is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's , Managing Director of Sapior Ltd. Pseudonymisation, a Privacy Enhancing Technology (PET), has been suggested by the UK Information Commissioner as a way to permit necessary access to patient information whilst hiding patient identities and other sensitive information. Pseudonymisation, or "reversible reversible, adj capable of going through a series of changes in either direction, forward or backward (e.g., reversible chemical reaction). reversible hydrocolloid, n See hydrocolloid, reversible. anonymisation", is essentially the replacement of identifiers - such as name, address or NHS number - with pseudonyms This article gives a list of pseudonyms, in various categories. Pseudonyms are similar to, but distinct from, secret identities. Artists, sculptors, architects
About Sapior Sapior Ltd. (www.sapior.com) enables organisations to use and exchange data ethically. Sapior software ensures the security and privacy of sensitive data, especially where data is regulated or outsourced. Used by financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and healthcare, Sapior Pseudonymisation solutions address internal threats such as malicious Involving malice; characterized by wicked or mischievous motives or intentions. An act done maliciously is one that is wrongful and performed willfully or intentionally, and without legal justification. DESERTION, MALICIOUS. employees, whilst securing the analysis, testing and sharing of data with partners. Sapior is a trademark of Sapior Ltd. All other products and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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