What are the challenges of using an ASP model?
The ASP model does come with challenges, each of which is being carefully addressed by PITO: · When an EMR is hosted at an off-site ASP data centre, the network connection becomes critical for reliability. PITO will be adopting a highly secure and reliable network made available through the Ministry of Health rather than relying on the Internet for regular access to the EMR from the physician office. Further, PITO requires that the PITO-approved vendors have a local encrypted backup of key patient data in the physician’s office in the rare case of the EMR being unavailable. This solution will allow physicians to continue seeing patients with access to their most important data in almost any situation. · There is a common concern that having records stored off site affects a physician’s control over their patient records. Some physicians may not be comfortable with this. However, this is common practice today in both electronic and paper environments and has been reviewed with the Colle
