WhatsApp in the NHS: symptomatic of a few poor choices, or a chronic problem?

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Web-based contextual communications can replace existing unified communications tools to aid traceability and raise security at work, argues Rob Pickering

In the news last week, the BBC reported ‘widespread' use of WhatsApp in the NHS. It said that 'doctors and nurses are using WhatsApp and Snapchat to share information about patients ‘across the NHS...

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