Good, bad & ugly of EMR

The good, bad and the ugly of electronic medical records

While electronic medical records promise massive opportunities for health benefits, the privacy and security risks are equally enormous….

  • Goal of getting EMR for every American by 2014.
  • Improved efficiency and medical care.
  • Data could potentially be abused
  • Potential for personal criminal penalties for data misuse
  • Medical records sent overseas
  • Celebrities aren’t immune
  • New kind of crime: medical identity theft
  • We are now “voyeurs” into our own medical records

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