Since we’re all so excited at the prospect of putting medical records online, can we talk, for a moment, about security? A techie friend of mine told me recently about a nefarious site that somehow manages to mimic whatever site you think you’re going to — a shadow jcrew.com, for example, or a shadow Orbitz,…
Category: Health Data
Health Information Technology Executives Overwhelmingly Believe the Industry Needs to Work Together on Information Security
A new survey shows that 96 percent of health information technology (HIT)Â executives think it is important to have a uniform way for verifying the security of sensitive healthcare information, and 85 percent think it is time for the industry to come together and develop a comprehensive framework that can provide that uniformity. The survey,…
Strengthen medical privacy laws (commentary)
… No wonder the public does not entirely trust the privacy and security of their medical information. The Markle Foundation reports that a large majority of Americans are very concerned their health information is not adequately protected by federal law. People admit they have lied or skipped recommended testing to avoid having information in their…
The Candidates and Privacy of Your Health Records: Overview
In an Op-Ed in the NY Times today, Jeffrey Rosen offers his opinion on Clinton vs. Obama in terms of civil liberties and privacy. In his piece, he mentions some of Clinton’s speeches on privacy, but questions her approach. He suggests that Obama might be better — even though Rosen did not cite a single…
KS: Patient privacy must prevail in records sweep (Editorial)
Johnson County District Attorney Phil Kline is spending a great deal of time trying to obtain information about former patients of the Overland Park Planned Parenthood clinic. The information is contained in records that women patients rightfully expected would remain confidential. Kline’s demands have gone beyond what a special counsel and a judge have deemed…
Google Health adless; privacy backers wary
Google Inc. won’t sell ads to support a new Internet service that stores personal medical information, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search giant’s first detailed comments about a venture that has raised privacy concerns. …The bigger problem with these online health systems, privacy advocates say, is that they aren’t covered by the federal…