Health IT Roundup: Problems With Privacy, Access To Records Highlighted In News Reports
Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800
CNN: "Despite a federal law requiring hospitals and doctors to release medical records to patients who ask for them, patients are reporting they have a hard time accessing" those records and that can lead to serious complications......more

Ont. privacy commissioner orders 'strong encryption' of health records
Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:58:52 -0800
Ontario's privacy commissioner has ordered the Durham Health Region - and recommends every other health authority in the province - to make sure computerized health records are "strongly encrypted" to avoid another embarrassing loss of health information....more

Privacy Is Key: New Legislation And General Practice
Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:00:00 -0800
The General Practice Data Governance Council met in Canberra in December 2009 to progress the key data governance agenda related to health privacy. The peak general practice organisations have formed the General Practice Data Governance Council, a new body to oversee the use of general practice data...more

Privacy Concerns Could Limit Benefits From Real-Time Data Analysis
Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800
Society will be unable to take full advantage of real-time data analysis technologies that might improve health, reduce traffic congestion and give scientists new insights into human behavior until it resolves questions about how much of a person's life can be observed and by whom, a Carnegie Mellon...more

JAMIA: Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800
Although physicians support the use of electronic health records, concerns about potential privacy breaches remain an issue, according to two research articles published in the January 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Informatics Association (JAMIA), in its premiere issue as one of 30 speci...more

Thousands of lost Durham health records spark probe
Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:38:27 -0800
Ontario's privacy commissioner is investigating the loss of medical records of thousands people in Ontario's Durham region after a nurse misplaced a USB key....more

Pros and Cons of Electronic Medical Records Weighed (HealthDay)
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:03:21 -0800
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 16 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. physicians support the use of electronic medical records, but widespread concerns exist about privacy problems, two new studies show....more