When the question of who was the data controller once information
gathered at the London Hospital left the control of the London Hospital,
the panel at that session (at HC2004) seemed not to have considered the
problem.
One suggested it would be the Secretary of State for Health.
The questioner - who said he had asked the same question last year - was
not amused.
Does data have to have a responsible data controller under the DPA?
The guidance for going paperless seems to say that uploading data to the
spine might not be allowed...
MaryH
In message <[log in to unmask]>, Bill
Westwood <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Which implies that anyone can put inaccurate or misleading data into a
>patient's record & we will be able to do nothing about it. So years of hard
>work getting patients' electronic records into shape will be wasted.
>
>Bill
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adrian Midgley
>Sent: 27 October 2004 21:50
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Accenture
>
>There is coverage in Computer Weekly this week including a leader on the
>dismissal of the well-formed criticisms and senisible suggestions by a group
>of MPs on previous (pardon me "existing") public IT cock-ups and a legal
>note
>about data processors and controllers.
>
>I know I control the data on my server in my Practice now, when the server
>is
>outside I do not think I control it, and if someone else is running
>distribution I am convinced control has been re-located.
>
>--
>Adrian Midgley Open Source software is better
>GP, Exeter http://www.defoam.net/
>
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Mary Hawking
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