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Privacy of personal information is one of our basic right.But,over the past several years,Internet has redefined privacy.In todays world of Facebook and Myspace and internet search engines,privacy is non-existent.
In practice of Medicine,privacy of patient related information plays an extremely important role.However as patients now search for health related information actively on the web as “Healthsumer”,definition of privacy needs to be readdressed.
Many groups openly advocate for more privacy controls especially when it is related to health information.
Are these concerns overstated,in a recent blog entry,Dr John Hamalka CIO of Harvard medical school reveled his entire personal medical data,that is a very brave and bold step.Although it is not recommended that all consumers reveal their personal data relating to health,yet obession with privacy of personal health record and raising concerns of going online is sometimes overstated.
Paper based records have been around for many years,yet they are not bullet-proofed for privacy.In a recent news article about medical records in garbage bins,raise issues about future of paper based records whether they are really secure?
On the other end of the spectrum,can digital storage of data be safe,yes and no.It depends on where the data is stored and how.In another news article- a computer hard drive containing sensitive patient information from a trust hospital was sold on the auction site eBay.
Across the Atlantic the same issue was raised in a study-the researchers randomly purchased 60 used disk drives from dealers in several provinces across Canada.They were able to retrieve health related data from 65 per cent of them.
Does this mean there is no fool-proof method of storing health related data?
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007, 2:44 am | 
Constructive Medicine, EMR, Electronic medical record, Medicine 2.0, PHR, Personal Health Record, Personal Health Records, Privacy | 
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December 29, 2007 at 5:29 pm
There is only a single Internet service where the information is absolutely totally secure.
That is the http://www.HealthRecordRegistry.com where all the information is de-personalized. That is, there is no information that can tie the personal medical record to the owner of the record.
Still, any of the now 10,000 individuals who so far have set up their Personal Medical Record on the HealthRecordRegistry.com will know it is their record, once they see it.
De-personalization is based on Scandinavian rules for protection of personal information – the strictest in the world. The software was developed in the U.S.A.
HAVE A GOOD NEW YEAR AND SET UP YOUR OWN SECURE PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD ON THE HEALTHRECORDREGISTRY.COM
February 9, 2008 at 4:01 pm
where are results from ur survey ?
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=X5ONYr2tmpMwt7ZAfm636w_3d_3d
could we view the complied data?
Thanks!!
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February 24, 2008 at 8:51 am