Comments on: Could privacy laws and bureaucracy derail universal electronic health records? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/could-privacy-laws-and-bureaucracy.html medical blog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:43:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ICMCC Website - Articles » Blog Archive » Could privacy laws and bureaucracy derail universal electronic health records? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/could-privacy-laws-and-bureaucracy.html/comment-page-1#comment-92952 ICMCC Website - Articles » Blog Archive » Could privacy laws and bureaucracy derail universal electronic health records? Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:16:59 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/could-privacy-laws-and-bureaucracy-derail-universal-electronic-health-records.html#comment-92952 [...] phone calls, will ensure a quick end to any initiative meant to alter physician behavior.” Article KevinMD, 22 January 2009 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Could privacy laws and bureaucracy derail [...] [...] phone calls, will ensure a quick end to any initiative meant to alter physician behavior.” Article KevinMD, 22 January 2009 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Could privacy laws and bureaucracy derail [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/could-privacy-laws-and-bureaucracy.html/comment-page-1#comment-89409 Anonymous Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:49:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/could-privacy-laws-and-bureaucracy-derail-universal-electronic-health-records.html#comment-89409 It is not privacy laws that are a barrier. HIPPA pretty much settled that. It is the real ethical obligations of doctors and the real viable concerns of patients. It is not privacy laws that are a barrier. HIPPA pretty much settled that. It is the real ethical obligations of doctors and the real viable concerns of patients.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/could-privacy-laws-and-bureaucracy.html/comment-page-1#comment-89379 Anonymous Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:56:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/could-privacy-laws-and-bureaucracy-derail-universal-electronic-health-records.html#comment-89379 <i>Balancing patient privacy with ease of digital record adoption is tricky. On one hand, it is true that these records may not protect patient information as securely as one would like.</i><br/>Have doctors ever heard of encryption or access control? With a properly implemented access control, the electronic records an be no less secure than paper records. Amazon.com, for example, as well as most other online merchants as well as banks protect our credit card information more effectively than stores protect their paper records.<br/><br/>Yes, in a medical office many people may need access records. This is what user roles are for. All the technology is there. If a hospital orders a custom-made system and then refuses to pay for the proper security implementation - I heard that from a person who works on medical information systems, it's not the fault of technology, it's the fault of a hospital. Balancing patient privacy with ease of digital record adoption is tricky. On one hand, it is true that these records may not protect patient information as securely as one would like.
Have doctors ever heard of encryption or access control? With a properly implemented access control, the electronic records an be no less secure than paper records. Amazon.com, for example, as well as most other online merchants as well as banks protect our credit card information more effectively than stores protect their paper records.

Yes, in a medical office many people may need access records. This is what user roles are for. All the technology is there. If a hospital orders a custom-made system and then refuses to pay for the proper security implementation – I heard that from a person who works on medical information systems, it’s not the fault of technology, it’s the fault of a hospital.

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