REF: 2018-377
Subject: CD production for patient images
Request:
- How many CDs does your department produce per annum for the distribution of patient images?*
- How many CDs does your department produce per annum for interested 3rd parties such as insurance companies or solicitors?*
- What is the cost of CD production for patient images, e.g. materials for your department per annum?*
- What are the time/resource costs associated with CD production for patient images for your department per annum?*
- What are the costs of postage/couriering of CDs of patient images for your department, per annum?*
- Please provide a breakdown of total costs of CDs for patient images to other hospitals for your department, per annum?*
- Please provide a breakdown of total costs of CDs to patients for your department, per annum?*
- Please provide a breakdown of total costs of CDs to interested 3rd parties for your department such as insurance companies or solicitors, per annum?*
- Are the CDs dispatched from your department that contain patient data consistently encrypted / password protected?*
- Can you provide information on the number of CDs that are lost or misplaced before they reach the intended recipient?*
*If you use a centralised administration team to administer imaging for your department please include this information to the above questions.
Please provide these answers for the following departments:
- Radiology
- Cardiology
- Medical illustration
- Theatres
- Endoscopy
- Colposcopy
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Medical Photography
- Dermatology
- Podiatary
Response:
Please find information attached.
2018-377 – FOI request – CD production for patient images [109 kb] PDF |