Doctors sending medical files overseas | NEWS.com.au

Doctors sending medical files overseas | NEWS.com.au: "DOCTORS are breaching privacy laws and could endanger patients' lives by sending their medical files overseas to be typed up cheaply, it has been reported.

An investigation by News Ltd found a growing number of Australian hospitals and medical practices are outsourcing secretarial work to companies in India, Pakistan and the Philippines.

News Ltd says at least four Sydney hospitals and hundreds of doctors are using cheap labour to transcribe digitally recorded verbal notes online."

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