Federal Government's attempt to centralize medical records is potential security risk
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, July 16, 2007
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The federal government has failed to emphasize privacy as a top priority in its effort to create a centralized electronic medical records database, due to launch in 2014. The government is treating data security as an afterthought, Mark Rothstein, who heads the public advisory committee to the secretary of Health and Human Services on health information policy, told The Star Ledger.
A report by The World Privacy Forum affirms that while the digitization of patient records will improve healthcare and reduce fraud, it doesn't account for the challenging reality of medical identity theft.
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