TY - JOUR T1 - Cyberanxiety JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 51 LP - 51 DO - 10.3399/bjgp17X688897 VL - 67 IS - 655 AU - Roger Jones Y1 - 2017/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/67/655/51.abstract N2 - Making effective use of routinely-collected NHS data, and managing access to patients’ personal confidential data, are tasks that have so far defeated the Department of Health in England, although better progress appears to have been made in Scotland and Wales. The messy demise of care.data, an object lesson in how not to communicate with the public, was the latest in a series of IT embarrassments. In this issue two editorials raise further questions about how we can make better use of data to improve patient care, while at the same time ensuring its security. Benjamin Brown and colleagues paint a tantalising picture of healthcare improvements based on capturing a previously unimagined range of data from sources within and outside the NHS and the patient record. Nigel Mathers and colleagues reflect on … ER -