At a meeting at the RCPath a few years back with JDSK in the chair, we discussed the scenario mentioned in Craig's last paragraph: the idea that the EPR would be 'somewhere' on a distributed network of secure web servers and only those healthcare professionals with appropriate permisions could read/write to the record and only with the patient's explicit permission.
I think I mentioned this in an earlier posting on this list and got a 'look out for low-flying porcine objects' response from some quarters.
Web technology is here to stay, the development effort is huge, it is democratic in terms of access and simple to use. We see it as the ideal technology for EQA.
Jonathan Middle
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From: Craig Webster <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 18:31:02 -0000
Subject: Re: The advantages of 'net technology
The beauty of net technology is that you as a user don't really need to
know how or where the data is stored. A web interface is a universal
interface to all database systems. Its easy to learn, works the same on
just about every operating system / hardware combination (most of the
time it even works the same on macs and pcs!). Its relatively easy to
bring disparate data sources together in a controlled manner - on a
simple level we try and do this with our lab handbook with context
sensitive links to guidelines databases - (Fair cop! it's my copy of
Jonathans Oxford intranet!)
I think the electronic patient record is attempting to reconcile most of
the problems you mentioned with regard to multiple data sources. There
are other IT projects and coding schemes which should make all of this
easier in the long term. Even now simple measures like using NHS numbers
etc seem to be impossible tasks but I think we will get there eventually
Perhaps in this evolving area we are wrong to think about storing this
information ourselves. Maybe the patient should be guardian of this data
and they decide who can look at what.
Regards
Craig
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