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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. Their role is to register, monitor and rate healthcare services.

Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, Healthcare providers in scope are required by Law to register with the CQC and submit themselves for inspection.

For the avoidance of doubt, Diagnostic and Screening providers supplying ambulatory ECG (Holter) analysis and reporting services are required,

The Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) is the new UK data network for public sector health and care organisations, replacing N3. Its purpose is to facilitate collaboration between healthcare providers without exposing users to the wider risks of the Internet.

In addition to NHS trusts, independent third party healthcare providers wishing to deliver, facilitate or support health and social care in England should be using HSCN for the transfer of patient data.

The Joint Clinical Research Facility at Swansea University has won the Research Excellence in the NHS Award at the MediWales Innovation Awards with the support of ECG On-Demand.

Professor Julian Halcox acknowledged ECG On-Demands contribution to the publication of the REHEARSE AF Study in Circulation when accepting the Research Excellence in the NHS Award on behalf of the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board and Swansea University Medical School.

Asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) is increasingly common in the aging population and implicated in many ischemic strokes. Earlier identification of AF with appropriate anticoagulation may decrease stroke morbidity and mortality and significantly decrease the cost to the NHS of supporting post stroke patients.

Julian P.J. Halcox of Swansea University Medical School has published results of the REHEARSE-AF study in Circulation.

Background

All resting ECG reports issued by Technomed’s ECG On-Demand® service are produced using a proprietary 2-step process;

Resting ECGs are classified by cardiac physiologists using a propriatary ECG classification protocol.

The physiologist classifications are then further processed using a risk classification algorithm calling on an underlying database to deliver the consensus triage opinion of a consultant cardiologist panel.

Andrew White is a partner at Bird & Bird, an international law firm with over 1,200 lawyers and associates situated in 29 offices worldwide. Bird & Bird are well known for their expertise in intellectual property law. An extract from his article can be found below:

“The High Court found that core parts of the database ‘engine’ of ECG Cloud were protectable under database law.