Medical records, by their nature, contain extremely sensitive personal information that most people would expect to be kept secure, so the pressure is on medical practices to find a digital solution that doesn’t compromise patient privacy.Ĭould Medical Records Be Stored In ‘High Street’ Cloud Storage? Like all documents that contain sensitive personal data, medical records are subject to the Data Protection Act 2018, which incorporates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Consequently, hospitals and GP and dental surgeries are now playing catch up to find a digital way to store sensitive medical files.
It’s not even three years since the NHS formally approved the use of the Cloud for the storage of digital medical records.
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