EMRs: “Would you take it if it were FREE?”
Blogger John at the “EMR (EHR) and HIPAA” blog posted a musing that caused my business antennas to twitch. A vigorous discussion has started in the comments. Here’s the thing: we’re talking about the...
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HIPAA’s Broken Promise
If you hate HIPAA, it’s your lucky day. Paul Ohm is handing you ammunition in his article, “Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization.” His argument: our current...
View Article“HIPAA is SO 1996”
That’s a direct quote from Paul Tang, of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, at last week’s meeting of the Health IT Policy committee, of which he is vice chair. Dr. Tang was riffing on an e-Patient Dave...
View ArticleSecond wave of comments on Health IT safety issues
Last month I posted the testimony I submitted to the Adoption/Certification Workgroup of the Health IT Policy Committee. (I urge interested parties to review the links to other resources in that post.)...
View ArticleThe Decision Tree: How Better Health Can Scale
“The internet was created to connect people and groups. The first step is to share stories. The next step is to share quantitative observations.” “Health care has been locked up in regulatory amber....
View ArticleA New Conversation About Health Privacy: Who’s In?
Facebook has sparked a new debate about privacy and I think it’s time to bring it to health care. What does it mean when millions of people flock to share/overshare information, even as Facebook’s...
View ArticleSociety for Participatory Medicine Files Comments in Support of Proposed CLIA...
As you may recall, in September the federales issued proposed regulations that would make all lab results subject to the basic rule that all patient records should be provided to the patient upon...
View ArticleGetting copies of your medical records: rule & resource info from CDT
The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) is one of my favorite sources for accurate information on the rules about our rights to access our medical records. Their wizard Deven McGraw is widely...
View ArticleFinal HIPAA Privacy & Security Rule – What’s in it for Patients?
After years of delay, the federales finally finalized the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification and Enforcement Rules. Introduction The Final Rule offers significant changes to patient rights...
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Massively Open Online Medicine: Bad Idea or Just Before Its Time?
The new darling of the online educational community is Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The example which figures most prominently in the popular imagination is the Khan Academy, though its...
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Screw HIPAA: Here’s a Look at My Doctor’s Office
A few months ago, I complained about the layout of one of my doctor’s offices. There’s a rough layout drawing of the office waiting area to the side there. I’m standing just in front of the number 1,...
View ArticleWhat to do if your doctor wouldn’t fax YOU your records…
Our member Keith Boone with a great explanation of what to do when a provider’s office gives you the “I can’t do this because of HIPAA” about giving you your records:...
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Individuals’ Rights to Their Health Information: The Federales Awaken
A long time ago (in internet years), the original HIPAA regulations were promulgated. (The final Privacy Rule was published in 2000.) They’ve been tweaked and updated over the years, most notably in...
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