Medical privacy

[Adrian Midgley]

From: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>


>and others going to other European countries for long-delayed
>medical care and getting it more quickly and cheaply than
>at home.
>
>This fast-increasing practice does raise the medical
>privacy issue which policy apparently varies from country to
>country (as with quality, speed and cost of service).

1.  last week I was embarrassed to see how speedy, thorough and well
documented treatment of one of my patients in a Spanish hospital had
been.
Their IT does simple and usful things, and presents the results
usefully.

2.  in another capacity I am involved with some internet stuff which
will go to several EU countries.  Spain has the strictest privacy
rules as far as they affect us.

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Midgley