London's E-Health Cloud program will send patient records to the stratosphere next month

You'd think that the recent spate of high-profile cyberattacks would've deterred the healthcare industry from sending patient records to the cloud -- but you'd be wrong. Beginning next month, all data on patients at London's Chelsea and Westminster Hospital will be stored in a centralized database, accessible from any computer, smartphone or tablet. Under the National Health Service's pilot program, known as E-Health Cloud, patients will be able to decide which doctors, nurses or family members can view their records, allowing them to easily share their data with other specialists. Flexiant, the Scottish software company that developed the platform, hopes to eventually expand it to other treatment phases, including assisted living, and insists that its system will help the NHS save money in the long-term. Security, however, will likely prove critical to the program's success. Users will have to pass multiple ID checkpoints to access the database, but privacy-wary Londoners might demand protection a bit more robust than an automated bouncer. You won't need to adhere to a dress code to view the full PR, available after the break.

Continue reading London's E-Health Cloud program will send patient records to the stratosphere next month

London's E-Health Cloud program will send patient records to the stratosphere next month originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink The Daily Telegraph  |   | Email this | Comments

mobile ipad ipod computer