by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Sep 18, 2009
I hear it time and time again in the e-health industry: “If only we had everyone on an electronic medical record, all of our security and privacy issues would be solved!” Really? Perhaps I should introduce you to a little something psychologists like to...
by e-Patient Dave | Jul 1, 2009
Tuesday night, endorsement #906 on HealthDataRights.org came from a Judy Beckman, who says: “I agree all the way I cannot get MY records unless I pay for MY records $1.00 per page WHY WHY these are MINE???????????” Indeed, why? Whose data is it, anyway? This spring...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 23, 2009
Aliya Sternstein writes for NextGov, a site devoted to “technology and the business of government.” We spoke last week for her piece about the White House’s use of social media. There are some people who, when you speak with them, the conversation...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 19, 2009
This is not going to be easy to absorb, if you really let it sink in. My wife’s a veterinarian, and we sometimes compare notes. So this headline caught my attention. Excerpt from the article: Economic Euthanasia On the Rise Euthanasia can be the last act of love...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 19, 2009
Next anecdote about poorly managed medical data: Amen! Just had an incident where my SS# was attached to a different patient’s name in the electronic med record. And the health facility will not tell me where the error occured, or how long someone else’s name was...
by Gilles Frydman | Jun 7, 2009
In the last few days the announcement of a proposed NJ state law has made the Internet rounds. “· On or after January 1, 2011, no person or entity is permitted to sell, offer for sale, give, furnish, or otherwise distribute to any person or entity in this State a...
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