Docs protest stealth calls on access for patients | The Columbus Dispatch

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grace wrote:

Now the shoe is on the other foot. The doctors did not complain when the government was setting up the system to spy on the patients. My doctor, and many others are going digital with patients' records in order to enable the government to more easily have access to all our personal business. And it will make our records vulnerable to hackers. All our information is being put in computers which can be accessed by government employees and non-gov. employees. The doctors' offices are no longer safe places for your medical records and personal business. And the doctors don't care because they knuckle under to the government.

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Reader wrote:

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I believe that you have a serious misunderstanding of the process of electronic medical record keeping. The fact that information is stored digitally does not make it any more available to the government than infomation stored on paper. In some instances (such as faxing portions of records from one provider to another, or providing copies by courier, mail or other means), the electronic record may actually allow a higher level of security.
Certainly this will require diligence to ensure safety from hackers--but the current safety of medical records is somewhat illusory.

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Just Saying wrote:

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I get you're a liberal, but you can defend the indefensible. Here you go, Reader!
http://ehealth.ky.gov/index.html

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grace wrote:

I have begun to suspect that Reader, who seems to be at that computer 24/7 to argue with anybody who posts against Leviathan aka Government is a government employee whose job it is to stop anybody who is starting to have his eyes opened and get those eyes closed again. Reader would have us all to believe that Reader is an expert on all subjects pertaining to Government and its intrusive programs. I wonder if mole would be a good term to describe Reader? Reader is everywhere. Maybe there are many "Readers" out here who are paid to obfuscate.

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Reader wrote:

If there are doctors in the business of steering certain populations away by giving them appointments further in the future, this is something that may come to light, as it should.

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grace wrote:

I wonder if mole would be a good term to describe Reader? Reader is everywhere. Maybe there are many "Readers" out here who are paid to obfuscate.

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Ridiculous wrote:

I was turned down by a local doctor while having a great insurance policy because of the high deductible.(docs aren't getting paid).

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Reader wrote:

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I don't know what you were trying to prove with that link--which was a whole website, but here is a snippet:
"It's Secure.
Properly implemented, CCHIT-certified electronic health record systems uphold the security protections you use every day to maintain the confidentiality and security of your patient records. These systems also provide protections necessary to meet privacy and security guidelines set forth by HIPAA and state patient privacy laws."
Frankly, I don't know any record system that is 100% secure, but certainly paper systems are incredibly vulnerable, but we are so accustomed to them that we don't even see the risks. Paper systems are also vulnerable to other things such as loss, destruction, inaccessibility, particularly when changing providers, etc.
But--I am really interested in the claims that the government has a direct line into all electronic medical records. Outside of the tinfoil hat crew, does anyone have any substantiation of this one?

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grace wrote:

I have begun to suspect that Reader, who seems to be at that computer 24/7 to argue with anybody who posts against Leviathan aka Government is a government employee whose job it is to stop anybody who is starting to have his eyes opened and get those eyes closed again. Reader would have us all to believe that Reader is an expert on all subjects pertaining to Government and its intrusive programs. I wonder if mole would be a good term to describe Reader? Reader is everywhere. Maybe there are many "Readers" out here who are paid to obfuscate.

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Just Saying wrote:

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I provided you with a link to the website introducing the State of Kentucky government who will now begin to compile and have the ability to access all health records for their state. They were given federal funds to do so. You care to include "tinfoil" in your response and poo-poo THAT link?

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John Blutarsky wrote:

Nice. First the Obama White House wanted people to report to them anything "fishy" being emailed or posted online about his healthcare bill and now they want to snoop on doctors. Nice.

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Reader wrote:

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I believe that you have a serious misunderstanding of the process of electronic medical record keeping. The fact that information is stored digitally does not make it any more available to the government than infomation stored on paper. In some instances (such as faxing portions of records from one provider to another, or providing copies by courier, mail or other means), the electronic record may actually allow a higher level of security.
Certainly this will require diligence to ensure safety from hackers--but the current safety of medical records is somewhat illusory.