Just a few weeks ago, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center learned a hard lesson. If you didn’t see the news reports, the N.Y.-based healthcare provider notified over 130,000 individuals that their records — including diagnostic information, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and other information of use to identity thieves — was potentially lost. The total impact to the institution is difficult to quantify. Obviously no organization wants the negative press. It’s the kind of thing that loses patients and makes the institution less appealing when trying to attract physicians.
Ed, what do you suppose the impact of this extended security responsibility will be on HIE intiatives? There is no way a major hospital network can control the security of every private practice phyisician with whom they share patient records over an HIE...
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Report From the Trenches: Health IT Post-HITECH
Posted by: Ed Moyle July 20, 2010 05:00 AMJust a few weeks ago, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center learned a hard lesson. If you didn’t see the news reports, the N.Y.-based healthcare provider notified over 130,000 individuals that their records — including diagnostic information, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and other information of use to identity thieves — was potentially lost. The total impact to the institution is difficult to quantify. Obviously no organization wants the negative press. It’s the kind of thing that loses patients and makes the institution less appealing when trying to attract physicians.