It
really does not matter anymore if civil servants leave confidential database
records in coffee shops. Despite numerous promises to the contrary, Computer
Weekly reveals:
"A new national database of confidential patient records is being opened to access by NHS staff who need no professional qualifications - despite official assurances that records will only be accessed by specialists who are providing care or treatment. A document obtained by Computer Weekly under the Freedom of Information Act also provides evidence that NHS Connecting for Health - which runs part of the £12.4bn National Programme for IT [NPfIT] - has quietly decided to weaken assurances given to patients about the confidentiality of records." (Computer Weekly)
Doctors have been
warning about this danger for some years. And it is worse
in America.
