Patient Confidentiality and the
Data Protection Act

Protecting patient confidentiality should be a critical feature of any Telemedicine system. Telemarque has sophisticated security and encryption controls that guarantee that patient identifiable information cannot be accessed by unauthorised individuals.

This applies to the database and to data in transmission over a network.

The Data Protection Act (1998), has 8 principles. Organisations must comply or commit a criminal offence.

Telemarque Store & Forward meets all the requirements specified in the Act.

The Caldicott Committee Report (1997), made 16 recommendations for organisations to follow to protect the confidentiality of patient information.

Telemarque Store & Forward complies with all the recommendations of the Caldicott Committee