The NSA prism affair, doctors and patient confidentiality

An interesting article on the PRISM and the issues around data storage in the cloud for medical practitioners and academics which notes that:

It's time for the British Medical Association... to start thinking about the ethics of using cloud-based services for confidential client information.

See:

http://m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/20/nsa-surveillance-doctors-lawyers-clients-snooped