Patient database

yimpster

yimpster

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My wife runs her own private medical practice and needs a method of keeping basic patient notes.

At the moment she stores all information in her "notes" section of Outlook.

I moved her to Office 365 a while ago and this allows her to work fairly well and seamlessly with her iphone.

i would very much like to make a more formal database and not sure where to start. I run a pretty decent rig 24/7 at home with 32Gb RAM and a static IP.

Should i be looking at creating something on Sharepoint?

Ive also just bought her a Macbook Air and she is enjoying using it (she hated windows) so i'd ideally like it to be cross compatible.

Any thoughts ideas/gratefully received.

I have access to technet through work so I can have a play with development tools if necessary.
 
I'm not sure about keeping highly confidential information on a "Cloud" based service, sounds like a disaster waiting to happen!
 
i'm not averse to cloud based service as long as it is "secure". think about Office 365 beeing cloud based already.

i'm looking for a free/low cost solution that can do the job. i don't mind doing some of the development work im just not sure where to start.
 
Just ensure you're making patients aware how the data is being used and get their consent, your wife is acting as the data controller here, she needs to understand the Data Protection Act and comply with it.

I'm not convinced getting your husband to bang together a vaguely secure solution in the cloud would satisfy the ICO that she'd done her best and the GMC/BMA would probably take a dim view too.

Most companies pay a lot for this sort of thing to avoid fines/being struck off. I know it won't be popular me saying this - but you need to consider the long term viability of the practice, not saving a few quid.
 
Pretty sure we went through the whole ICO application and how we handle the data. But I appreciate what you are saying. It's an important aspect of patient confidentiality.
 
It's more to protect her/you/the business. I work in the NHS in IT security and it's very difficult to get across how much of a target we are these days, medical records are worth a lot of money.

Most systems etc I know of are costly and I doubt it'd be favourable in terms of economy of scale, perhaps if you listed the sort of information she needs to store?
 
She is a podiatrist/chiropodist. So would include personal details, name, age, address, relevant medical history, possible medication they were on, referral and each session notes.
 
Could you not make a database with MS Access and keep it passworded/encrypted. You cab make forms within Access to add the data in an easier way.


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