Greg Twyford wrote:
Andrew wrote:
The accreditation folk don't help either.
One pulled up a GP for leaving the room and not locking is
screensaver when
he left the consult room.
A receptionist had banged on his door as a patient in the waitroom
had chest
pain !!
Then same accreditation inspector told the GP how easy it was to lock
and
unlock the screensaver.
Just hold down the Windows key and press the 'L' key. -useful I agree
But blew it by suggesting to use 'zz' as the password to unlock.
Andrew,
I've already had a go at the 'accreditation folk' about the
appropriate training of their auditors, most of whom know no more than
the average GP about computer security.
It offends me that I spent a lot of time and money to get an IT
qualification, and the same accreditation process wouldn't dream of
using auditors who weren't properly qualified in terms of general
practice conduct in every other way but IT.
The one reply from the two organisations basically said that the
auditors were only interested in the paperwork. In other words, they
didn't see the need for the auditors to actually be able to identify
if the system conformed, but just to read that the manual had
appropriate-sounding procedures in it.
No-one wants to rock the boat and acknowledge the real costs in
getting this stuff right. Government, college, GP representative
bodies, accreditation bodies all included. It is down to individual
GPs, Division IT staff and tech. support to ensure practices are up
for it security-wise. Matthew Rose at ACT Division blew the whistle
with a practice security study in 2003, which led to action in the
form of the GPCG security project.
It's a bit like the quandary over vaccine storage. Everyone knows that
domestic fridges are inadequate. Divisions have staff who take out
data loggers and check fridges for members, but this only makes us
aware of what a lottery this situation is. Some GPs are conscientious
and invest in a proper fridge, but no-one is game to face the issue
and make them a requirement. Yes it would add to costs and eventually
find its way to Medicare, so the government isn't pushing either.
ACT immunisation will not allow a new practice to receive vaccines
without a proper dedicated fridge with all the bells and whistles. I
purchased a $3500 vaccine and they still added a boxfull of addtitional
loggers and monitors in it before they would allow me to get vaccines.
T
I have one medical centre principal who is a customer who spent $4000+
on a proper fridge, which holds something like twice that in vaccines.
It can warn him if the power goes down, but it is still a potential
loss in a blackout.
He decided it was needed, no-one else.
Greg
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