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------- Forwarded message [this time before Jonathan Kay!] follows ------- Send reply to: <[log in to unmask]> Date sent: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:07:27 UT Subject: E-Health Insider Issue No 342 From: "EHI Issue No 342" <[log in to unmask]> E-HEALTH INSIDER Issue No 342, 29 Aug 2008 It’s always good to see old excuses getting a modern, tech-based twist. So thanks to The Times for bringing us: the dog ate my homework – on a USB stick. Yes, the paper had a story about a student from Barnsley in South Yorkshire who claimed that he got at D in English and an E in history after his boxer ate the USB stick on which he had stored all his coursework. Unlikely? Well, it seems scarcely seems credible, but it is true, that someone at PA Consulting recently copied the entire prisoner record onto a USB stick – and promptly lost it. No such problems at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, though. Having recently sacked a senior manager for losing a laptop holding unencrypted patient data, the local paper reports that it has now banned data sticks and memory pens to prevent theft and loss. And, indeed, chewing. To subscribe register at: http://www.e-health-insider.com/Sign_up/index.cfm (c) E-Health Media Limited, 2008. E-Health Media Ltd is a company registered in England under company number 4214439. Registered office:11 Campana Road, London SW6 4AS. ------- End of forwarded message ------- ------ACB discussion List Information-------- This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical community working in clinical biochemistry. Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and they are responsible for all message content. ACB Web Site http://www.acb.org.uk List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/