“Federal agencies and companies must ensure citizens trust the security of electronic medical records so patients will be willing to participate in record exchanges. But security can be challenging as both the private and public sectors try to comply with local, state and national laws and standards, industry experts say.
“Those with medical records, which have some of the most personal information people have, have a legal, ethical and even moral obligation to secure that information,” said Steve Lubniewski, vice president of Lockheed Martin Health Solutions, during a Feb. 11 Webcast sponsored by 1105 Government Information Group. “If a health records management system isn’t secure, someone with malicious intent can go in and alter a record. Imagine if a person has an allergy to penicillin and that warning is removed”.”
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Rebecca Neal, Federal Times, 11 February 2010
