Docs’ Top 3 PHR Fears
Gienna Shaw, HealthLeaders Media
“Healthcare organizations are working to encourage patients to get engaged in their healthcare data, in part by making Personal Health Records more user-friendly.
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Make sure the way you use an EMR doesn’t unwittingly look like fraud
Pamela Lewis Dolan, amednews
“Physicians might not realize it, but how they and their staffs use an electronic medical record system could open themselves up to accusations of fraud or misrepresentation.
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Data Issues in HIE
Cheryl McEvoy, Advance
“Facilities thrive on control. They monitor the master patient index (MPI), review charts and audit databases–all to nip potential problems in the bud. Now, facilities must learn how to trust. Health information exchange (HIE) is imminent, and the move to make records more available also leaves data more vulnerable to contamination, duplication and mix-ups. Individual participants can prepare all they want, but bad data can snarl the exchange.
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A Privacy Framework for Personal Health Records
“When I lecture about the new generation of personal health records such as Google Health and Microsoft Healthvault, I emphasize that these applications are not covered by HIPAA. Google and Microsoft are not healthcare provider organizations and thus their privacy is only as strong as the policies they post on the website. Since Google and Microsoft monetize these sites by attracting search traffic, they are highly motivated to build secure and trustworthy systems. As a member of the Google Advisory Council, I know that the Google privacy policies are stronger than HIPAA. Microsoft has very similar policies.”
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John Halamka, Life as a Healthcare CIO, 17 December 2008
