[Med-privacy] EMRs

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:03:08 -0700

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10/11/05

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Data privacy, control clinch consumer support for e-health records

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By Mary Mosquera
GCN Staff

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Consumers broadly support electronic medical records if they have 
control over their own information and privacy safeguards are in place, 
according to a public-private organization that has established 
principles to guide the development of online health information 
exchanges.

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Consumers broadly support electronic medical records if they have
control over their own information and privacy safeguards are in
place, according to a public-private organization that has established
principles to guide the development of online health information
exchanges. 

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The Personal Health Technology Council, brought together as part of the=20=

Markle Foundation=92s Connecting for Health initiative, includes privacy=20=

advocates, physicians, standards groups, IT companies, and federal and=20=

state policy-makers.

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The Personal Health Technology Council, brought together as part of
the Markle Foundation=92s Connecting for Health initiative, includes
privacy advocates, physicians, standards groups, IT companies, and
federal and state policy-makers.=20

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The principles include individuals=92 ability to access their health =
data=20
easily and to authorize when and with whom data is shared. Ensuring=20
patient privacy and control over their records is essential to consumer=20=

acceptance of health data exchange, the council said in announcing the=20=

principles and a consumer survey about online health records.

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The principles include individuals=92 ability to access their health
data easily and to authorize when and with whom data is shared.
Ensuring patient privacy and control over their records is essential
to consumer acceptance of health data exchange, the council said in
announcing the principles and a consumer survey about online health
records.=20

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=93Access and control must be built in from the beginning,=94 said =
Carolyn=20
Clancy, director of the Agency for Health Research and Quality in the=20
Health and Human Services Department and member of the council.

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Carolyn
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Health and Human Services Department and member of the council.=20

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The recent experience of lost medical records in the aftermath of 
Hurricane Katrina illustrated the need for electronic records, Clancy 
said at a Washington conference on personal health records sponsored by 
Markle, AHRQ and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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The recent experience of lost medical records in the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina illustrated the need for electronic records, Clancy
said at a Washington conference on personal health records sponsored
by Markle, AHRQ and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 

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Like finance and travel, consumers want to manage their own health, 
said Markle Foundation president Zoe Baird.

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Like finance and travel, consumers want to manage their own health,
said Markle Foundation president Zoe Baird. 

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=93People realize that if they or those they love are in an accident or=20=

disaster, having their medical records available at a moment=92s notice=20=

through secure, electronic information exchange could mean the=20
difference between life and death,=94 she said.

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=93People realize that if they or those they love are in an accident or
disaster, having their medical records available at a moment=92s notice
through secure, electronic information exchange could mean the
difference between life and death,=94 she said.=20

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Among the other principles, consumers should be able to designate 
someone else to have access and control over their records, to review 
who has had access to their personal data and to receive easily 
understood information about how their data may be used.

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Among the other principles, consumers should be able to designate
someone else to have access and control over their records, to review
who has had access to their personal data and to receive easily
understood information about how their data may be used. 

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Markle found in surveying 800 individuals last month that:
	=95 	80 percent believe that if physicians kept electronic =
medical=20
records on their patients, health care quality would improve and=20
medical errors would be reduced
	=95 	72 percent support the establishment of a nationwide =
electronic=20
information exchange that would allow health information to be shared=20
with authorized individuals securely over the Internet
	=95 	81 percent believe that the ability of researchers to =
review=20
millions of records anonymously to determine best treatment practices=20
would help physicians improve the quality of medical care.

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Markle found in surveying 800 individuals last month that:

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physicians kept electronic medical records on their patients, health
care quality would improve and medical errors would be reduced

	=95 	72 percent support the establishment of a nationwide =
electronic
information exchange that would allow health information to be shared
with authorized individuals securely over the Internet

	=95 	81 percent believe that the ability of researchers to =
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millions of records anonymously to determine best treatment practices
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[Gov. Computer News, 10/12/05]

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