From: Shaw, N. <ns...@cw...> - 2004-04-23 02:27:08
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EMRs have been tried out in courts - look at the Shipman case in the UK. =20 In the UK to be accredited (for reimbursement) primary care EMRs must = have full audit trails - that record eveytime a data element is viewed, = created, amended or deleted. This audit trail was upheld in the Shipman = case and was one of the strongest pieces of evidence against him as it = demonstrated that he had retrospectively amended records. =20 Nikki =20 Dr. N. T. Shaw ns...@cw... ________________________________ From: op-...@li... on behalf of Michael = A Rowley Sent: Thu 22/04/2004 5:29 PM To: op-...@li... Subject: Re: [Op-torch-general] changes to interface I will check on the EMR legal issues. I think this has been tried. A permanent backup with a timestamp is a great idea, and is how I entend to deal with this issue. Weekly backups to DVD media, with daily incrementals. Since it is only the Zope DB that needs to be backed up for safety, I think it will be a while before it spans 4.7 gigs, As long as it doesn't span more than 7 disks, I doubt that it will be before larger permanent media becomes avaliable. Michael On Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at 05:05 PM, Sam Bowen wrote: > > P.S. Electronic Charts have not been tried in out in court yet. It > just a matter of time before this happens. One of the first tactics of > plaintiffs attorneys will likely focus "tampering" of the EMR. I > currently back up on a daily basis with the intent of burning > permanent non rewritable CDROMs to be to have a long string of > unaltered date/time stamps on the files. Does anyone have thoughts on > this plan? > > > Michael Rowley MD FP ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Robotic Monkeys at ThinkGeek For a limited time only, get FREE Ground shipping on all orders of $35 or more. Hurry up and shop folks, this offer expires April 30th! http://www.thinkgeek.com/freeshipping/?cpg=3D12297 ************************************************** TORCH is supported by the open source community and by Open = Paradigms,LLC http://www.openparadigms.com You can donate at http://www.openparadigms.com/donations _______________________________________________ For questions re this mail list contact; con...@va... Op-torch-general mailing list Op-...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/op-torch-general |