Here I am at the World Health Care Congress with what appears to be all the major movers and shakers in the healthcare sector, Chairmans, CEOs, Presidents, EVPs – some really big names, some very powerful players. Now I will never claim to be as brilliant as these people, after all, I’m writing this sitting [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Privacy’
Dis-information Among Those in the Know
Posted in EHR, Google, Microsoft, PHR, Privacy, tagged Dossia, EHR, EMC, Google Health, Microsoft, PHR, Privacy, wellness on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hitting the PHR Conundrum on the Head
Posted in consumer health, Google, PHR, Privacy, Security, tagged consumer, PHR, Privacy on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As many who read here know, one of the biggest challenges I’ve discussed regarding consumer adoption of PHRs is making these systems simple and automated. Simple – as in the example of what Google has done to create a great, yet simple to use interface. Automated – to automatically populate a consumer’s PHR with pertinent [...]
Privacy Problem Not Limited to PHR Vendors
Posted in consumer health, Google, PHR, policy, Privacy, Security, tagged PHR, Privacy, Security on April 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
While there has been plenty of press on privacy and security as it relates to PHR vendors, especially now that Google and Microsoft have jumped into the arena, it is absolutely critical that the press, various “privacy pundits” and the consumer realize that this issue is not just limited to PHR vendors. Sure, it’s easy [...]
Health Record Security – What’s on your laptop?
Posted in PHR, policy, Privacy, Security, tagged P2P, PHR, Privacy, Security on March 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There is a tremendous amount of press with associated pundits pontificating on the issue of security and privacy of electronic medical records (EMR) and personal health records (PHRs). Cries of I’ll never put my information on Google Health or Microsoft’s HealthVault are commonly heard and widely reported. But it is always easier to point the [...]
Privacy Rights Smack-down in NH
Posted in consumer health, PHR, policy, Privacy, tagged consumer health, EMR, PHR, policy, Privacy on March 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This week, the “Live Free or Die” state of New Hampshire’s House voted down House Bill 1587, a bill that would have strengthened the privacy rights of consumers. The biggest objections to this bill came from the medical establishment itself claiming that passage of the bill would stall adoption of healthcare IT (HIT) systems. In [...]
Whacking the Privacy Zealots
Posted in PHR, policy, Privacy, tagged Google, Microsoft, PHR, Privacy on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Matt Holt, owner and master of The Health Care Blog, has an excellent post today on PHRs and privacy. It is a long post, at times more of a rambling rant, but in the end it does a great job of thoroughly reviewing a lot of the brouhaha surrounding this topic and discrediting many of [...]
Microsoft Comes Clean on Privacy
Posted in consumer health, Google, Microsoft, PHR, policy, Privacy, tagged Google, Microsoft, PHR, Privacy on February 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Little over a week ago I had a post that discussed the recent release of the World Privacy Forum report on PHRs. In that particular post I hit Microsoft pretty hard for not extending their tight privacy policies to the numerous partners that were signing on to HealthVault. I based that comment on a conversation [...]
Privacy Advocacy Group Attacks PHRs
Posted in consumer health, Dossia, Google, Microsoft, PHP, PHR, policy, Privacy, Security, tagged consumer, Dossia, Google, HealthVault, Microsoft, PHR, policy, Privacy on February 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Today, the World Privacy Forum released a report, Personal Health Records: Why Many PHRs Threaten Privacy. Both the 16 page report and a shorter, 5 page consumer advisory report can be found here. There was also an article today referencing the report in the San Fransisco Chronicle. While the report does not give names of [...]
Data Liquidity not Always a Good Thing
Posted in policy, Privacy, Security, tagged Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Privacy, Security on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Data liquidity is not always such a good thing, particularly if you live in New Jersey. Last week it was reported that a laptop with over 300,000 consumer records contained therein was stolen. Now, Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New Jersey, the owner of that laptop, is notifying these consumers that their personal information may [...]
LA Times: Decent Article on PHRs
Posted in consumer health, PHR, Privacy, tagged AHIMA, LA Times, PHR, Privacy, Security on December 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
While cringing at most news articles I read in the popular press that address PHRs, the LA Times published a thoughtful piece last week that’s worth reading. I may quibble with some comments such as: There are “at least 200 PHRs on the market”. I’ve done a lot of digging and can’t come up with [...]
