In exploring the range of activities available, you are thrilled to see that resident data can now be quickly shared with local hospitals and personal physicians. You are right to be concerned. However, once outside your network all bets are off. Before sending resident medical information over the Internet, it is advisable to have the resident or responsible party sign a form acknowledging that information is being electronically transmitted and that its security cannot be guaranteed. If possible, try to limit the details of information sent to facts that would be relatively harmless, if in the wrong hands.
Technology is here to stay.
And we really wouldn't want it any other way. We just need to keep one step ahead so that private materials stay that way.