# Netbook EMR in Australia

**URL:** <https://community.open-emr.org/t/netbook-emr-in-australia/3344>\
**Category:** Day-to-Day Users\
**Created:** [July 19, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/netbook-emr-in-australia/3344 "2010-07-19T14:25:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/netbook-emr-in-australia/3344/1 "2010-07-19T14:25:07Z")

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**anonymous** wrote on [Monday, July 19, 2010](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/593dcda5/#083f):

How do you backup your database?&nbsp; What do you do if you netbook quits working?&nbsp; If you netbook is stolen, what prevents the patient’s records from being compromised?

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/netbook-emr-in-australia/3344/2 "2010-07-20T16:48:24Z")

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**[penguin8r](https://sourceforge.net/u/penguin8r/)** wrote on [Tuesday, July 20, 2010](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/593dcda5/#10fb):

This is a great example of the flexibility of OpenEMR & how it is completely unlike cumbersome proprietary software.  
However, I agree with the above poster that there are some serious security concerns, hope you are using an encrypted filesystem to store your database & patient documents.

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/netbook-emr-in-australia/3344/3 "2010-07-20T16:58:31Z")

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**[bradymiller](https://sourceforge.net/u/bradymiller/)** wrote on [Tuesday, July 20, 2010](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/593dcda5/#152c):

hey,

Backup and security are up to the user. I agree it’s important to have a backup scheme, but that’s really not the point of balajimd’s post. Also, regarding security, wouldn’t a simple login password to his/her laptop suffice??? (also, not really the point of balajimd’s post).

-brady