Clinical Safety ToolkitStaffordshire Training Hub

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    One short page on each term you'll meet when bringing in a digital tool. Each one starts with the same four answers: what it is, whose job it is, who usually leads, and how often it comes up.

    Whose job?
    1. DCB0129 and DCB0160The two clinical safety standards, and how the supplier’s work feeds into yours.SupplierYour practice
    2. DTACThe NHS checklist suppliers fill in. You read it before you buy.Supplier
    3. Medical devicesWhen software counts as a medical device, and what that means for AI scribes.Supplier
    4. DSPTYour yearly data security check, and where new tools come into it.Your practice
    5. Cyber securityHow attackers get in, who locks which door, and what Cyber Essentials is.Your practiceICBSupplier
    6. IM1 and GP system linksHow other tools read from and write to your clinical system.Supplier
    7. The AI scribe registryWhat being on NHS England’s list means, and what it doesn’t.Your practice
    8. Large language modelsHow AI chatbots and scribes produce text, and why they sometimes make things up.Everyone

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