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emailDo You Know Where Your Sensitive Medical Information Is Right Now?
Posted on Thursday, September 15th, 2011 by Elaine Rigoli
Article first published as Do You Know Where Your Sensitive Medical Information Is Right Now? on Technorati.
We all know that doctors and hospitals screw up sometimes. We’ve heard of surgeons amputating the wrong limb, or patients being given the wrong medication, or some other egregious mistake. But do hospitals make other mistakes that might be putting you and your family in harm’s way – even when you’re not physically at the hospital? Turns out, yes, that problem is happening quite frequently due to the frailty of online medical records. Click the headline above to read more. Read More
New Data Spill Shows Risk of Online Health Records
Posted on Thursday, August 25th, 2011 by Elaine Rigoli
An eye-opening Associated Press article suggests that even the most well-designed online medical systems are not safe. Several experts point out that “the human element is the weakest link” when it comes to having our Social Security numbers and medical histories online. The article interviews those who have been affected by medical data breaches and now worry that hackers may have spotted their information online and tagged them for future financial scams. One of the victims in the AP article here says the prospect of all health records going electronic — which federal law mandates should happen by 2014 — “scares the living hell out of me.” Read More
Data Breach: 2,000 Patient Files Hacked at Boston Hospital
Posted on Friday, July 29th, 2011 by Elaine Rigoli
There has been a data breach at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and its chief information officer has stated he is “grateful no Social Security numbers or financial information were released” but will still provide affected patients with one year of free identity-protection service. A machine at the hospital was found to be infected with a computer virus, which transmitted data files to an unknown location. The Boston Globe says “the computer contained medical record numbers, names, genders, and birth dates of 2,021 patients, as well as the names and dates of radiology procedures they’d undergone.”
Social Networks and Medicine – Hindering Privacy but also Saving Lives: The Social Media Privacy Report
Posted on Friday, April 29th, 2011 by Jillian Ryan
Doctors use social media and like everyone else they might be inclined to talk about their work day on the web. How does this impact patient privacy and treatment? Read More