In message <[log in to unmask]>, John Williams
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>Meanwhile, we have a legacy of aging systems that have limited potential
>but sadly will probably continue to exist for at least several years.
>We cannot overnight simply switch to Web based records. Quite apart
>from hardware / software issues there is a whole range of problems to
>resolve that are more or less independent of the technology. If we want
>to improve communications NOW with what is CURRENTLY available then we
>have to work with solutions that work with what is currently there.
Could we get back to basics? I'm a very bog standard GP, and what *I*
want is functionality. I'm sure the present "legacy" systems are going
to be around for quite a while - and I suppose you'd have to count most
GP systems among them.
I have a lot of patient information stored in my system - even if
everyone else needs a lot of inside information to evaluate it! -
Could this - and the ability to audit anything I want to _ be
transferable ? How do you search (for audit purposes) data on an
internet if all the data is held in single , distributed locations? can
the technology, now and in the future, preserve confidentiality? and
would all your data be available on a network at the same time, if it
came from distributed data bases?
Mary
Mary Hawking
tel:01582 601289 (home) 01582 663218 (surgery)fax:01582 476488 (surgery)
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