GPs should not connect to NHSnet until it is restructured
- 20 February 1999
- Vol. 318 (7182) , 533
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.318.7182.533
Abstract
EDITOR—The views of de Lusignan and Brown about NHSnet are opposite to those of representative general practitioners because NHSnet has problems that demand its restructuring. The NHS Executive, suppliers, and professions have started this task, and general practitioners should not connect to NHSnet until it is restructured. The authors wrongly assume that NHSnet is secure enough to send identified patient data across it “in clear” (non-encrypted) and that NHSnet is a preferable medium for handling information to promote …Keywords
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