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Xerox Survey Shows Impact of Electronic Health Records

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1. D. Kellus Pruitt DDS, on July 28, 2011 at 12:07 AM said:

   Are eDRs safe? Let dental patients decide

   If you are a HIPAA-covered dentist who maintains patients’ Protected Health Information (PHI), beware of the increasing number of hits heading your way. What’s more, as far as I can tell, every member of the ADA Electronic Health Record Workgroup are out of touch with our dental community. You are on your own.

   “Nearly 80% of consumers surveyed earlier this year said they’re wary of electronic health records because they’re concerned that their personal information might be stolen or lost it if were kept in an EHR system.” (from “E-health records still scare most of us” by Lucas Mearian)

   http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218652/E_health_records_still_scare_most_of_us#disqus_thread

   If 80% of dental patients also happen to fear EDRs, and 95% of dentists in the nation are HIPAA-covered entities, at what point will consumers seek the other 5% whose paper dental records have a long track record of both safety and value?

   (Beat the rush. Call now for an appointment while we can still fit you in!)

   D. Kellus Pruitt DDS

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2. D. Kellus Pruitt DDS, on July 28, 2011 at 4:08 PM said:

   Even as Xerox publishes the results of a study that says 80% of consumers fear that EHRs will expose their privacy, HIT stakeholders would revoke their ability to find out.

   Yesterday, Janice Simmons posted “Unnecessary HIPAA ‘disclosures’ rule needs to go, critics maintain.”

   http://www.fierceemr.com/story/unnecessary-hipaa-disclosures-rule-needs-go-critics-maintain/2011-07-27

   The FierceEMR.com article’s opening words reveal unapologetic marginalization of the tenets of the Hippocratic Oath:

   “Fearful that doctors might be hesitant to adopt electronic health record technology, the Medical Group Management Association called on the Department of Health and Human Services to withdraw its proposed HIPAA ‘accounting of disclosures’ rule this week.”

   HIT stakeholders with lousy products that won’t sell even with federal subsidies will sooner or later recognize that if patients don’t trust the security of their certified EHRs, all sales will stop – mandate or no mandate.

   D. Kellus Pruitt DDS

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3. Tom, on August 26, 2011 at 8:15 PM said:

   Health IT On Congressional Chopping Block?

   Experts outline several ways that healthcare could be affected by deficit reduction committee’s $2.4 trillion in cuts to federal spending.

   http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/policy/231600240

   Tom

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4. Darrell Pruitt, on August 26, 2011 at 9:05 PM said:

   I’m surprised it’s made it this far.

   Darrell

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5. Regan, on February 1, 2012 at 10:53 PM said:

   Darrell

   Q: Why are e-books so expensive?
   A: Because they are profit centers.

   E-books eliminate expenses ranging from paper to transportation – shouldn’t they cost less than their paper cousins? But, they don’t. No used e-book after market, either.

   http://money.msn.com/shopping-deals/article.aspx?post=7fb568d9-f4a6-408b-9da2-4176dfa3f36c

   Doesn’t this analogy seem to follow the huge expenses of eHRs. Paper records are safer too!

   Regan

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6. D. Kellus Pruitt DDS, on September 28, 2016 at 7:39 PM said:

   In the news

   – “Research Reveals Why Hacked Patient Records Are So Valuable – New Report to U.S. Senate Describes How Criminals Put Data to Use” By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee for Gov Info Security, September 27, 2016.

   http://www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/research-reveals-hacked-patient-records-are-so-valuable-i-3341

   McGee: “Why are hacked healthcare records so valuable? It’s because stolen patient records often end up for sale on the deep web as part of information packages called ‘fullz’ and ‘identity kits’ used by fraudsters to commit a wide variety of crimes, says researcher James Scott.”

   – “Cyberattacks on personal health records growing ‘exponentially’” By Joe Davidson for The Washington Post, September 28, 2016.

   https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/09/28/cyberattacks-on-personal-health-records-growing-exponentially/

   Davidson: “In 2015, 113 million electronic health records were breached, a major leap over the 12.5 million the year before. In 2009, the number was less than 135,000. The number of reported hacks and breaches affecting records of at least 500 individuals rose from none in 2009 to 56 last year, almost double from 2014.

   ‘The magnitude of the threat against health care information has grown exponentially,’ GAO said, citing a 2015 study by the KPMG accounting firm.”

   – “HIPAA Experts Highlight Recent ‘Spike’ in Enforcement” By David Slaughter, JD, Senior Legal Editor for HR.BLR.com, September 28, 2016.

   http://hr.blr.com/HR-news/Benefits-Leave/HIPAA-Health-Information-Privacy/HIPAA-Experts-Highlight-Recent-Spike-Enforcement/#

   Slaughter: “A recent surge in monetary Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) settlements is altering the compliance landscape at a time when new technical and legal challenges also are coming into play, practitioners and regulators told a recent conference.”

   D. Kellus Pruitt DDS

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