A Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows secure access - for one or more computers - to a main computer server across the Internet.

A VPN offers an alternative option to dialing into the

computer server and can be an easy way to link branch surgeries to the main surgery practice management system without the usual costs of dial-ups and leased lines.

This is one of the many

benefits that the Internet offers - a VPN can save the practice money, as well as speeding up communications between branches and even helping to reduce telephone calls between them too.