Medical records online??? HELL NO!

[donco6]

I don't want my records floating around MySpace.

[cynatnite]

1. Is he nutz?

:wtf:

[Bluzmann57]

8. Yes

that is all.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. HIPAA regulators will have fun with that.

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. they already are online

I used to work in a hospital and it was my job to put patient information on a secure hospital database accessable through the Internet.

[anneboleyn]

9. Yep, all info is on online already, including images from MRIs, etc.

[OneGrassRoot]

10. Yep, using secure FTP sites. n/t

[neverforget]

4. Hack my records!

Oh wait.....that's already happened just not to me.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. They already are.

[Bluerthanblue]

6. he can start by posting his-

for more than 3hrs.

asshole mccain.

[KingFlorez]

7. I was thinking the same thing

Just too risky.

[sixmile]

11. Let's start with the Palin family records

I want to know whose baby that is. And who had to leave the country for drug abuse.

[nam78_two]

12. They are already online.nt

[silverweb]

13. They already are in many places.

I transcribe hospital reports from home using the internet. Secure channels, proprietary software, secure individual hospital databases, limited access by authorized log-in only.

One medical center I know is attempting to "go paperless" and has separate databases for all patient lab studies, doctors reports, nurses notes, and medications. They are accessed only by authorized personnel, and every attempt at access is logged by IP address.

They're not "floating around."

[barack the house]

14. I imagine it will be optional also password protected like obtaining back information.

[SeattleGirl]

15. Lots of med records are already on line.

I have access to medical records of my clients, but I had to get clearance, and I have to have a password.

I'm not real happy about it, though, because I know those records could be hacked.