How do Dr's with paper records keep backups of these records ? Cedric
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 12 February 2007 1:11 PM To: General Practice Computing Group Talk Subject: RE: [GPCG_TALK] Re: 3rd Standards The new IT standards are identical for paperless records in practices going for 3rd Standards AND the now defunct BFH. fee >-- Original Message -- >From: "Cedric Meyerowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'General Practice Computing Group Talk'" <[email protected]> >Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:05:12 +1100 >Subject: [GPCG_TALK] Re: 3rd Standards >Reply-To: General Practice Computing Group Talk <[email protected]> > > >Does this mean that GP's who still use paper records can't get >accreditation with 3rd standards ? I ask because they have no backups >of their paper records. But I believe they are excempt. It stinks. >If my practice burns down today, I can theoretically reopen within an >hour in an empty building. I have a full copy of my backed up notes and >can continue where I was before the fire started. > >Now if you have paper records and your practice burns down, all is >lost, unless you have a fire proof room to store notes (I had a fire >proof room in the old days of paper records). Maybe the RACGP should >then insist these practices have a fire proof room. Also paper files >gets misfiled & do disappear. Where is the backup copy so Dr has >access to old & current notes ? > >Cedric > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, 12 February 2007 9:44 AM >To: General Practice Computing Group Talk >Subject: RE: [GPCG_TALK] Open letter to Medtech > > >Hopefully this will change in the next 3 years due to it being >compulsory for 3rd Standards Accreditation,RACGP. > >Of note though, many practices rushed through their next accreditation >visits before 31st Dec 06 just to avoid 3rd Standards. This is why it >will be 3 years for some to address the backup/restore issue. > >fee > >>-- Original Message -- >>From: "Cedric Meyerowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "'General Practice Computing Group Talk'" <[email protected]> >>Subject: RE: [GPCG_TALK] Open letter to Medtech >>Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:37:56 +1100 >>Reply-To: General Practice Computing Group Talk >><[email protected]> >> >> >>David, quite correct. I'm amazed how many people incl. Dr's don't do >>regular backups or no backups at all, and some never test their >>backups. >> >>Cedric >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>On Behalf Of David Guest >>Sent: Monday, 12 February 2007 9:30 AM >>To: General Practice Computing Group Talk >>Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] Open letter to Medtech >> >> >>Cedric Meyerowitz wrote: >>> Hosrt >>> >>> The only Data losses I have had in 10years plus of full electronic >>> medical records was due to the medical software I used & not the >>> operating system. The only exception to this was the 1st releases of >>> Win95. Win95 had problems of not always saving data. Since that >>> was > >>> rectified by MS the only other data losses were due to the medical >>> software & not the OS. I know of lots of people that has had & >>> still > >>> have data loses but most of them was due to not doing backups - but >>> none are due to the OS, and eventually the system crashes etc. Then >>> the cost is very high and the IT people make excellent money trying >>> to >> >>> salvage it. >>> >>Most data loss is due to hard drive failure and your recovery is only >>as good as your last backup. An early version of Reiser ate my hard >>drive but it such a cool file system I forgave him and have had no >>troubles since. >> >>It's a tragedy that he killed his wife but you know how annoying those >>Russian doctors can be. >> >>David >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Gpcg_talk mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Gpcg_talk mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > >_______________________________________________ >Gpcg_talk mailing list >[email protected] >http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > > >_______________________________________________ >Gpcg_talk mailing list >[email protected] >http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
