Does your practice website compromise the security of your patients confidential information? If your practice website offers online services to your patients, providing them with facilities to order repeat prescriptions, update their contact details or cancel and request appointments, are these services secure? As clinical professionals, you will be aware that patient related information is …
Category Archive: Medical
Jul 06
OurPractice Login
The following information explains what happens when access to an OurPractice Login account appears to be blocked. The OurPractice system has several security features including one that in the event of a user trying to access the OurPractice Login area with the wrong username or password a number of times within a short timespan, access …
Jun 16
Department of Health & WordPress
OurPractice clinical websites are built using the WordPress Content Management System (CMS) which is also used by the Department of Health (DoH) for their own corporate website, which you can see at www.doh.gov.uk. There are now at least four Whitehall departments running their primary websites on WordPress: Transport, Health, Defra, the Wales Office and Downing …
Jun 14
Internet Explorer 6 Countdown
Internet Explorer 6 can still be seen in GP practices, according to Microsoft there are many benefits of upgrading to a newer version of a web browser – improved speed, tabbed browsing, and better privacy settings to name a few. The web has changed significantly over the past 10 years. The browser has evolved to …
Jun 01
EU Cookie Law
New EU cookie law (e-Privacy Directive) The Information Commissioner’s Office has released this guide to the new EU cookie law. Cookie Law Explained On May 26th 2011 a new EU originated law came into effect that requires website owners to make significant changes to their sites and may fundamentally change the whole web browsing and …