NHS Data Integration
Here at Eximium, we are firm believers that data integration can improve your systems efficiency, thus saving time and money. I came across an article on the Guardian website today, by Michael Cross, about the governments plans to integrate the personal information the NHS keeps on us into one joint database. The idea is to breach the gap between hospitals and home care.
It’s a really interesting article. The theory behind the governments plan is sound and I can see how this could make some very real improvements within the NHS and how they work. My concern isn’t the integration, but the security of the data. Having everything in one place has enormous benefits, but also significantly increases the risks. This database will need to be extremely well protected and unfortunately, with the governments past record on data security, there are substantial doubts.
For help with your business systems integration or security from Eximium, click the following link:
http://www.eximium.net/contactus.asp
To read Michael Cross’s article in full and have your say, click the following link:
This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 11:29 am and is filed under Articles, Business Advice, Data Security, IT Advice . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
