On Wednesday 19 May 2004 18:32, Dr. Paul Steventon wrote:
> Hmm.
> I suppose it isn't giving much away to say that the high-tech software
> department of DIN has been working along those lines for a few months
> now - the general idea is that if I want the full functionality (like
> my government IT system) with Adrian's sort of confidentiality, ie
> keeping the confidence in the consulting room, I would need to have a
> very good but separate system costing little or nothing, with all the
> GP stuff but absolutely no NHS net connectivity. The records could be
> kept on the GP's local hard drive or given to the patient on a smart
> card - it doesn't much matter technically.
> What does the team think?
It seems a suitable project.
Designing a business set for a Practice would not go amiss either (handing
your business accounts, notes, internal email etc to someone else to handle,
pass, monitor and store "safely" without any particular liability doesn't
seem a totally ideal business plan to me either.
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Adrian Midgley (Linux desktop)
GP, Exeter
http://www.defoam.net/
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