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7th July 2017

What does compliant messaging actually mean?

Dr Felix Jackson

Following the recent BBC News article quoting us about the widespread use of WhatsApp in NHS there has been a huge conversation on twitter about what...

3rd July 2017

The Digital Catapult and Intelligent Patient Data

Dr Felix Jackson

The Digital Catapult ran another fascinating event on 27th June last week. I had the opportunity to join a broad range of speakers from different back...

19th June 2017

medCrowd accepted on London South Bank University's SimDH program

Dr Felix Jackson

We're very excited to announce that medCrowd has been accepted to join the London South Bank University's Simulation for Digital Health (SimDH) progra...

15th May 2017

International Nurses Day Overshadowed by NHS Cyber Attacks

Neel Patel

Friday 12th May on the anniversary of Florence Nightingales birth, International nurses’ day was recognised worldwide to celebrate the work nurses do....

26th April 2017

The use of non-compliant tech is a data breach waiting to happen.

Dr Felix Jackson

Instant messaging platforms, particularly Whatsapp, are widely used by doctors and clinical teams for quick and easy communications, but they are not...

7th April 2017

World Health Day – Looking towards a better integrated and brighter future

Neel Patel

Today marks the founding of the World Health Organization and in celebration, they bring you World Health Day. This year the focus has shifted to dep...

28th March 2017

medCrowd wins Brand Amplifier’s Fit Society Silver Award

Dr Felix Jackson

We’re proud to announce that medCrowd has tied with Mira Rehab to win Brand Amplifier’s first Fit Society silver award for our unique approach to insp...

28th March 2017

medCrowd | Compliant messaging for health and care teams

Dr Felix Jackson

I am Dr Felix Jackson and I trained as a doctor at the Royal London Hospital and worked as an anaesthetist in Derriford Hospital before becoming a dig...

27th March 2017

NHS IG Toolkit Compliance, ISO27001 and medCrowd

Dr Felix Jackson

The security of information is our highest priority. We don't believe in security through obscurity and so aim to be transparent about the standards w...

24th March 2017

HIPAA compliance and medCrowd

Dr Felix Jackson

HIPAA, which stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ensures sensitive patient data is protected. HIPAA contains a Security...
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