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Re: More Regarding the Online Medical Records Trap
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:35:54 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Ed Gerck <egerck () nma com> Date: October 10, 2007 1:15:27 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: Re: [IP] Re: More Regarding the Online Medical Records Trap [Dave: for IP if you wish]Federated record systems, where no single entity can control everything, is a standard solution for cases with similar privacy and control issues, such as
client databases used by competing business. On the other hand, a centralized database is not used in such cases andMicrosoft has failed in the past with similar initiatives, including Microsoft's Hailstorm, Passport, and My Services in .NET (google references). Businesses
were not convinced that keeping their users' and clients' data with Microsoft was secure or even desirable, in spite of all the assurances and certainly not with the disclaimers. Lawyerly circumventing HIPAA privacy assurances, as HealthVault does, is also not helpful for the party at risk --the patient. A federated system, where both health care providers and patients, can selectively control, aggregate, and make available information to parties chosen *by them*, would not only protect privacy but alsoprevent a third-party to be unnecessarily involved in the security risks.
Such a system already exists with secure email at http://zsentry.com , providing HIPAA assurance, encryption, spoof prevention, proof of delivery, secure attachments, document expiration, secure personalarchive in the user's computer, ease of use, and no cost for the patient.
The patient may aggregate and distribute at the patient's will. Best, Ed Gerck ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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