My brother is an independent doctor. He's not working for a hospital. He has to examine employees for companies and send reports to the other doctors in different locations. There is no governing organization in this whole process except for the UK government. IMHO it's my brother's solitary responsibility to make sure the medical data is not getting into the wrong hands. This means he (ie me) has to find a solution that is applicable to all the people at the receiving end.
Jim Halfpenny wrote: > Hi all, > I don't think that healthcare professionals are the right people to be > deciding how to transfer confidential files. Where there is a need for > this then the IT department of the healthcare organisation ought to > make provision for this. That said, I doubt if they do offer this > whether through lack of resource, lack of expertise or infosec policy > violation. > > The underlying issus is the use and control of confidential > information. Do all the recipients subscribe to the same information > security and confidentiality policy as you? Who is liable for data > breaches? Again, where there is a need to share provision should be > made for this. There are some good suggestions in this thread but I > don't trust doctors to securely administer and implement them (no > offense intended). > > Jim > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
