Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNUmed access permissions

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 05:02:47PM +0000, Jim Busser wrote:

> > Of course, this is just a smokescreen because such staff
> > will inevitably need to be able to physically touch the
> > paper they are scanning -- which will contain more or less
> > highly sensitive clinical data !
> 
> I come back, again, to my question about the situation
> where Doctor A (in GNUmed) desires for report B (created in
> GNUmed) to go to Doctor C (not in GNUmed).
> 
> I suppose that in some magical future, there will be some
> LDAP or other directory containing a resolvable address and
> encryption key via which the GNUmed doctor can push a button
> and the document will "go" to the desired praxis / doctor.

That is already existing for some values of "existing" here
in Germany.

> Until magic becomes real, what suggestions exist?
> 
> - doctor to physically print the document to paper, and if
>   it contains sufficient routing information (for example To
>   and Cc) then the staff can know to whom to fax or mail it
> 
> - doctor to place a digital copy or representation
>   document (PDF) into a directory which the front desk staff
>   are to monitor and handle accordingly
> 
> I suppose the above will both work, and are current state.

Absolutely. Limited by what GNUmed offers with regards to:

> report B (created in GNUmed)

:-)

Karsten
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