| A medical
transcription company has accused NHS trusts of putting patient
confidentiality at risk by sending large numbers of dictated letters and
reports overseas for conversion to text. According to John Fellowes of
the UK firm Dict8, many hospitals and primary care trusts have
outsourced their transcription to non-EU countries, especially in Asia,
that are not bound by Europe’s strict data-protection laws.
Full story in bjhc&im April 2006 (299 words)
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