In article <[log in to unmask]>, Mary Hawking
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Is there a current *need* for email and WWW in the majority of general
>practices?
I suspect more at home than in surgery at present but what do others
think? This is precisely the issue I want to air
>
>EDI messages, importing useful registration and pathology information
>directly into the practice computer *are* useful. The risks - whether
>real or perceived - of email into the clinical system (if supported...)
>would seem at present to outweigh the possible advantages.Things could
>change...
>One of these threads had a list of the prices involved.. until there are
>a lot more sources of email(with or without encryption) and information
>useful for the running of the practice, I cannot make a business case
>for connection to *anything* - especially the NHSnet!
You don't need connection to NHSnet for EDI. Direct dialup to MMHS (or
eventually Racal's messaging service) is enough. GPPL is working away
at getting a suitable encryption / authentication mechanism in place for
EDI
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John Williams
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Fax: 01483 440928
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