Report says NHS clinicians sending scans using photo messaging app is ‘clearly insecure, risky and non-auditable.
Doctors are using Snapchat to send patient scans to each other, a panel of health and tech experts has found, concluding the “digital revolution has largely bypassed the NHS”.
Clinicians use camera apps to record particular details of patient information in a convenient format, the panel said in a report, describing it as “clearly an insecure, risky, and non-auditable way of operating, and cannot continue”.
It also notes that the NHS still holds the “dubious” title of the world’s largest purchaser of fax machines.
Via Marie Ennis-O'Connor, Giuseppe Fattori