What is the rationale for moving practice data to hosted systems?
Hosted systems are more secure and resilient than locally hosted systems thus protecting patient data and confidentiality. Additional benefits of migrating to hosted systems include the centralised management of the GP clinical IT system. This relieves PCTs and practices of the responsibility and associated local costs for the delivery of this aspect of GP IT and ensures professional standards for the backup and maintenance of practice data.
Related Questions
- Since this is a web-based application, and the practice data is hosted in ‘the cloud’, is there a way that the data could be regularly backed-up to a local server for added comfort?
- How is the confidentiality of data extracted from practice systems protected?
- What is the rationale for moving practice data to hosted systems?
