Legacy Software Migrations: How Database Upgrades Erase Audit Trails
When health trusts migrate from legacy platforms (System C, Lorenzo, Microtest) to modern cloud systems, underlying historical audit trails are often left unmigrated or archived into inaccessible cold storage.
- Spoliation of Evidence: Deleting or disconnecting historical logs breaches statutory record management rules.
- Flattened PDF Archives: Trust IT teams dump old clinical records into static PDF blobs, destroying metadata.
- Recovery Methods: Legal SAR demands can force trusts to query legacy cold-storage database backups.
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