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Anyone see this about info breach NY Hospital? - wise1
Posted: Sep 28, 2010
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The idea that medical records will stay confidential is...sm - oldtimer
[ In Reply To ..]just plain crazy with the implimentation of EMR. It just won't happen. We will be seeing many more breaches in the future.
Future? There have been so many in the past people are immune - to the consequences. It hasnt affected SM
[ In Reply To ..]them yet, probably wont affect them in the future and so what, who cares?
Who cares? Professional criminal syndicates, for instance. - Poppy
[ In Reply To ..]Record confidentiality in the Information Age isn't just a healthcare issue. This goes across the board, across all industries, across the planet. In future people will shake their heads in amazement at how sloppily people's valuable information was handled in the past.
But for now they don't care. - So what, who cares??? NM
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Almost all major newspapers are on line now. Pick a good one - or two and get acquainted with your world. :)
[ In Reply To ..]This is the Information Age. Our worlds are no longer bounded by where the track disappears around the bend. Unless we insist they be, of course.
Report in paper just ink. When change comes then I will know - that people really care. nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
It's up to us to make people care. We are the soldiers - SM
[ In Reply To ..]on the front lines. People don't care because people outside the healthcare industry don't understand or don't realize. It's up to us to make people understand. To ask people "did you know that your medical records could end up in India?" How secure are servers in India? How protected is a person's health information when it leaves the borders of the United States. Not protected at all! HIPAA laws don't extend past our borders. So your information can be posted on the internet by an Indian MT or service and there is not a darn thing you can do about.
EXCEPT... you can demand to know what happens to your EMR, who sees your EMR. You can tell your healthcare providers that you absolutely do not want your information to leave this country.
I get so tired of the "who cares" attitude. We all should care! It's our job to care. Part of our job is protecting the patient! We are part of the Health Information Management department. It is our job to manage patient information and make sure it is secure and protected. That's why we all sign confidentiality agreements and if we work in hospitals, we have to pass HIPAA training. Because IT IS OUR JOB!
I DO tell everyone I can but NOBODY cares. I will keep telling others - and will fall over the first person that seems con
[ In Reply To ..]nm
... that seems concerned. - nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Informed people DO care. Change HAS come. Why else would - Read. Understand your world.
[ In Reply To ..]it be discussed here at all if it weren't? These resentful little posts are in response to the change that has already occurred, is occurring, and will occur. Lots of smart, knowledgeable people are busy working away at it right now.
Oh, you mean like the republicans who just killed the bill to end - tax credits for sending work OS? See, I read nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Bit of a tangent and apparently shortest book ever, but okay. - :) NM
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What book?! Above post talking about newpapers, not books. - Comprehend much or just guess?
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Sorry, reading newspapers is also great. I have 3 of the best in the country - Mea Culpa
[ In Reply To ..]waiting on line each morning totally free. Like strolling down a breakfast buffet at a great hotel.
How many phone calls of outrage have made about this issue? - How many letters have you sent? Or are you like S
[ In Reply To ..]most citizens, sitting back, waiting for "them" to take of the problem (whoever "them" are?) Most people think so what, who cares.
Info leak - Nick
[ In Reply To ..]Well, if I were one of those patients I would be contacting (a) the ACLU and (b) my own private attorney (he's a good pit bull type). There is no excuse for this.
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