Alan Brookstone posts on CanadianEMR an article about a complex problem evident in the UK as a result of the patient record transfer process. The planned program allows a complete patient record to be transferred from one EMR system to another in the UK. but it has become apparent that attachments are a potential problem in the transfer process.

Dr. Brookstone's posting can be found at http://emruser.typepad.com/canadianemr/2006/09/attachment_prob.html

The UK article can be found at:
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/item.cfm?ID=2038