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N.S.A. Able to Foil Basic Safeguards of Privacy on Web, Including Medical Records - Yet Another Reason To Be Concerned About What You Tell Your Physician
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8:34 AM
There's already a major issue with privacy and protection of medical records in electronic form. See the multiple blog posts at this qu...
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email privacy
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GCHQ
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medical record confidentiality
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medical record privacy
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New York Times
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NSA
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techdirt.com
Calling Dr. Moe, Dr. Larry and Dr. Curly: Advocate Medical Breach of Four Million Patient Records, and No Encryption
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8:16 AM
At my Oct. 2011 post " Still More Electronic Medical Data Chaos, Pandemonium, Bedlam, Tumult and Maelstrom: But Don't Worry, Your ...
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Advocate Health Care
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Bitlocker
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medical record confidentiality
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medical record privacy
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Mismanagement
But don't worry, your EHR information is secure
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12:29 PM
My last reminder of this issue was almost a half-year ago, but I think a repeat is in order. More bugs squashed: Microsoft fixes critical Wi...
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computer security
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medical record confidentiality
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medical record privacy
Why It's Crazy to Want Your Most Confidential Information Put into An Electronic Medical Records System
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7:50 AM
Besides the reasons I outlined in posts retrievable by these query links ( link , link ), there's this from ZDNet.com: Microsoft warns o...
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computer security
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medical record confidentiality
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medical record privacy
Computer Viruses Are "Rampant" on Medical Devices in Hospitals
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10:15 AM
As if there weren't enough problems with hospitals as computing backwaters, now there's this: Computer Viruses Are "Rampant...
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computer security
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computer virus
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healthcare IT dangers
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malware
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medical devices
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medical record confidentiality
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medical record privacy
Manipulation of 12,000 Medical Records Made Easy by EHR
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1:12 PM
This from a hospital in Canberra, Australia using a common ED EHR in that part of the world, iSOFT : Canberra Hospital embroiled in data sca...
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computer security
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data manipulation
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EHR
Banking as the Standard Healthcare Should Look Up To On Medical Information Security?
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10:39 AM
At past posts " Don't Worry, Your Electronic Medical Records Are Getting Safer With Every Passing Day ", " Another Episod...
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computer security
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medical record confidentiality
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medical record privacy
Don't Worry, Your Electronic Medical Records Are Getting Safer With Every Passing Day
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10:29 AM
At my Oct. 2011 post " Still More Electronic Medical Data Chaos, Pandemonium, Bedlam, Tumult and Maelstrom: But Don't Worry, Your ...
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computer security
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medical record confidentiality
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medical record privacy
Proposed new Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: Is It Too Late For Healthcare?
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12:28 PM
From the White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/02/23/fact-sheet-plan-protect-privacy-internet-age-adopting-consumer-p...
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medical record confidentiality
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medical record privacy
2011 Closes on a Note of Electronic Medical Record Privacy Breach Shame
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8:20 AM
At my Oct. 2011 post " Still More Electronic Medical Data Chaos, Pandemonium, Bedlam, Tumult and Maelstrom: But Don't Worry, Your ...
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