Greg, that's why some GP's will have to pay for the luxury of having some-one else do it for them. Some of my GP colleges have skills I don't have & they make money from it. I have skills that save me money when it comes to IT. That's the way the cookie crumbles.
Cedric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Twyford Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2007 11:21 AM To: General Practice Computing Group Talk Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] backup! Cedric Meyerowitz wrote: > Tim > > Your options are to buy an extra PC that you keep at work to test > backups. Or have a PC at home that is yours and do it there. Thirdly, > use your kids PC. All you do afterwards is delete the database again, > but for that you need some know how. Fourthly get an IT expert to do > it for you, but then he has a copy of your data & who knows what he or > she will do with it. > > Now at home I also have firewalls, antivirus software etc. My kids > can't get into my Medcal software as it is password protected etc. My > firewall etc at home is just as good as mine at work. > > So with your fears it seems the 1st option is the only one ie. The > Doctors that don't know, must buy an extra PC to test backups. In my > case I simply test my backups at home. In an emergency (if AGPAL > wants to see how I test my backups), I can restore it onto one of my > work stations - again something a non IT literate GP may muck up. Cedric, What you do and have is a bad example, as you aren't an average GP. Most GPs can't do what you do or recognise the need for it. Yes, you've also raised some extra interesting issues. I have a test conversion to MD3 of a medical centre's database on my server at home, waiting for the GP to check it. But then, I'm not your average tech. support guy either, I'm a health/welfare professional with 25 years experience in dealing with patient records and privacy, so I may have a better idea than some about what's appropriate. Oh, and the standards say nothing about requiring privacy agreements from tech. support people. Greg -- Greg Twyford Information Management & Technology Program Officer Canterbury Division of General Practice E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph.: 02 9787 9033 Fax: 02 9787 9200 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL *********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail and their attached files, including replies and forwarded copies, are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s) and may be legally privileged or prohibited from disclosure and unauthorised use. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon this message or its attachments is prohibited. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. *********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ 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
