Managing Director at Feedback Medical India I Business Adviser l Columbia Business School, New York I XLRI Jamshedpur
The use of WhatsApp for clinical comms is also prevalent in India. As the FT article below states, it will take one high-profile data breach, drug error, or patient death for the public to learn how big the issue is and to effect cultural change among medical professionals. #Bleepa is the only platform that delivers full data compliance, purpose-built for clinical messaging, designed to bridge across siloed clinical IT systems.
Today’s report from the Financial Times around the use of Whatsapp in clinical settings, for the sharing of patient data, is a stark reminder that the current systems for handling patient data are falling behind the needs of clinicians. https://lnkd.in/e6kPJ-k4 The report reveals that tools like Whatsapp are being used as “workaround for official systems that are often siloed” in order to speed up communication between staff. This is nothing new. Last year the ICO reprimanded NHS Lanarkshire for sharing patient data via Whatsapp, however today’s report shows that despite this, clinicians are continuing to utilise tools like WhatsApp even with the risks it poses to patient data. However a compliant solution does exist, purpose built for the clinical collaboration, designed to bridge across siloed systems, with the necessary regulatory certification to display clinical images - Bleepa. It's the only platform that delivers full compliance. Find out more about Bleepa’s security and compliance on our website: https://lnkd.in/eXmxB6BK
