Staying Healthy: 3 Issues Facing Patient Privacy
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Article Title: Staying Healthy: 3 Issues Facing Patient Privacy
Author: Greg Garner
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It is often illustrated that your buying practices on the internet are better guaranteed than your private and confidential health information. The Health Information Privacy Bill of Rights developed with the American Psychoanalytic Association is being worked on at a time when electronic health records and health information exchange takes private medical information and spreads it across the Net. It is very possible to improperly disclose electronic health information of millions of patients in an instant.
During 2010 and 2011 the health information privacy of almost 18 million Americas were breached electronically. Unprecedented privacy issues in addition to contradictory health privacy laws have resulted in a lower feeling of trust by patients concerning how their health information is shared.
Gaps in legislation lack of system trust and no patient control over their electronic records need to be addressed.
3 Issues
� HIPAA and HITECH Act were written and developed to safeguard protected health information or PHI. According to state and federal records over 46 states have data breach notification laws. There is the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights that affords a small level of privacy right to patients.
The Health Information Privacy Bill of Rights was developed to protect the fundamental right of privacy of all Americans and their health information. There are provisions for patient control, security, and accountability, but these provisions often conflict with HIPAA laws as well as state laws.
� Patient trust is a cornerstone to a successful healthcare system. Patients need to e able to discuss their health, both mental and physical with a physician without fear of disclosure to uninterested parties. The lack of trust between patients and the possibility of their information being shared can create life-threatening consequences.
Consequences of lack of trust between patients and the health care system have resulted in over 600,000 Americans not seeking cancer treatments and over 2,000,000 Americans refuse to seek treatment for mental problems due to lack of trust. There are millions of Americans afflicted with sexually transmitted infections who will not look for treatment due to the deficit in privacy issues. The lack of privacy concerns has also been a factor concerning suicide rates among non-active and active duty soldiers rising to almost epidemic levels.
� Texas HB 300 was legislated to help with the problem of patient control over their medical records. With paper records there were very few issues when patients wanted their medical records. Data exchanges were point to point or passing records form one physician to another. With electronic transmission there are innumerable data sharing and entry points. There is intermittent control over what health information is given and to whom. Another problem? Patients often do not have the ability or the right to retrieve their own medial information electronically.
Conclusion
Medical information for patients is a right that is being challenged more and more as patient records� are digitized. Access to digitized records increases exponentially as more avenues of electronic transmission are used. Public trust in patient health care transmission will not be maintained if privacy rights are weak. To this end Texas HB 300 courses are designed to teach medical providers and all who handle medical records a higher level of security.
About The Author: For more information, please visit our Texas HB 300 Course website http://www.hipaaexams.com/fire-and-electrical-safety-training.asp
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Article Title: Staying Healthy: 3 Issues Facing Patient Privacy
Author: Greg Garner
Word Count: 541
Article URL: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1837149&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet
Format: 64cpl
Contact The Author: http://www.isnare.com/eta.php?aid=1837149
Easy Publish Tool: http://www.isnare.com/html.php?aid=1837149
*********************** ARTICLE START ***********************
It is often illustrated that your buying practices on the internet are better guaranteed than your private and confidential health information. The Health Information Privacy Bill of Rights developed with the American Psychoanalytic Association is being worked on at a time when electronic health records and health information exchange takes private medical information and spreads it across the Net. It is very possible to improperly disclose electronic health information of millions of patients in an instant.
During 2010 and 2011 the health information privacy of almost 18 million Americas were breached electronically. Unprecedented privacy issues in addition to contradictory health privacy laws have resulted in a lower feeling of trust by patients concerning how their health information is shared.
Gaps in legislation lack of system trust and no patient control over their electronic records need to be addressed.
3 Issues
� HIPAA and HITECH Act were written and developed to safeguard protected health information or PHI. According to state and federal records over 46 states have data breach notification laws. There is the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights that affords a small level of privacy right to patients.
The Health Information Privacy Bill of Rights was developed to protect the fundamental right of privacy of all Americans and their health information. There are provisions for patient control, security, and accountability, but these provisions often conflict with HIPAA laws as well as state laws.
� Patient trust is a cornerstone to a successful healthcare system. Patients need to e able to discuss their health, both mental and physical with a physician without fear of disclosure to uninterested parties. The lack of trust between patients and the possibility of their information being shared can create life-threatening consequences.
Consequences of lack of trust between patients and the health care system have resulted in over 600,000 Americans not seeking cancer treatments and over 2,000,000 Americans refuse to seek treatment for mental problems due to lack of trust. There are millions of Americans afflicted with sexually transmitted infections who will not look for treatment due to the deficit in privacy issues. The lack of privacy concerns has also been a factor concerning suicide rates among non-active and active duty soldiers rising to almost epidemic levels.
� Texas HB 300 was legislated to help with the problem of patient control over their medical records. With paper records there were very few issues when patients wanted their medical records. Data exchanges were point to point or passing records form one physician to another. With electronic transmission there are innumerable data sharing and entry points. There is intermittent control over what health information is given and to whom. Another problem? Patients often do not have the ability or the right to retrieve their own medial information electronically.
Conclusion
Medical information for patients is a right that is being challenged more and more as patient records� are digitized. Access to digitized records increases exponentially as more avenues of electronic transmission are used. Public trust in patient health care transmission will not be maintained if privacy rights are weak. To this end Texas HB 300 courses are designed to teach medical providers and all who handle medical records a higher level of security.
About The Author: For more information, please visit our Texas HB 300 Course website http://www.hipaaexams.com/fire-and-electrical-safety-training.asp
Please use the HTML version of this article at:
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