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Author: Dissent

Google plan for medical info raises privacy issues

Posted on February 22, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Thousands of patients at the Cleveland Clinic will be able to turn to Google to access their medical records online everything from their prescriptions to diagnoses in a pilot program announced Thursday that worries some privacy advocates. …But critics worry that the risk of sensitive medical information falling into the wrong hands such as those…

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Google to Store Patients' Health Records

Posted on February 21, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Google Inc. will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that’s likely to raise more concerns about the volume of sensitive information entrusted to the Internet search leader. The pilot project to be announced Thursday will involve 1,500 to 10,000 patients at the Cleveland Clinic…

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More Designing for Privacy: Microsoft HealthVault

Posted on February 20, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Similar to my recent probes and interactions with the designers of the social networking site Moli, I recently enjoyed the opportunity to discuss privacy-related design issues with the product manager for Microsoft’s HealthVault platform. HealthVault is Microsoft’s attempt to provide an online platform where personal electronic health records can be stored, managed, and shared with…

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Legal and Policy Analysis: Personal Health Records: Why Many PHRs Threaten Privacy

Posted on February 20, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

The World Privacy Forum has published a new legal and policy analysis examining Personal Health Records — or PHRs — and the privacy issues associated with them. This analysis, Personal Health Records: Why Many PHRs Threaten Privacy, was prepared by Robert Gellman for the World Privacy Forum. The analysis finds that significant, serious threats to…

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WI: Healthcare execs, state employees testify on behalf of patient data exchange bill

Posted on February 20, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

If you believe patient health information should be electronically exchanged between different health systems and facilities, Wednesday was a pretty good day in the state Capitol. The Senate Committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance and Job Creation heard testimony on a bill to remove barriers to electronic patient data exchange in Wisconsin. The testimony favored…

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Rhode Island addresses patient data privacy, security

Posted on February 16, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Lawmakers in Rhode Island this week introduced legislation that would create a set of patient safeguards that go beyond existing state and federal privacy and data security protections for shared information in preparation for the launch of a statewide health information exchange (HIE). The legislation, called the Rhode Island Health Information Exchange Act of 2008,…

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