Keeping data safe when sharing

Special report 1: Data protection

It is often necessary to share patient data with others involved in providing or funding their care, but how can you be sure this sensitive information will reach the correct person quickly and be safe from prying eyes?

As Healthcode’s Peter Connor explains, technology holds the key to secure communication, provided you have appropriate safeguards in place.

Effective clinical care is not provided in isolation. In order to do the best for your private patients, you may need to confer with members of the multi­disciplinary care team and the hospital where they are to undergo a procedure, plus contact their insurer.