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"The Data Protection Act demands that organisations treat individuals' sensitive personal data with utmost privacy as this data attracts specific protection under the Act, and in addition, patient confidentiality must be maintained at all times," Ross Eckford said. "In effect this means that mobile devices used to store, access or transmit patient data must be secure and not capable of being accessed by unauthorised individuals."

"Data transmissions should also be encrypted and secure to prevent data being intercepted, and, in accordance with the Act, the information should only be processed for specified purposes, such as to input data about a patient onto a server containing their medical records or to send a patient a text reminder about hospital appointments," she added.