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Secure Electronic Health Records One Step Closer

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An interesting perspective on U.S. electronic health records' interoperability and security is available from the blog of Dr. John Halamka, CIO and dean for Technology of Harvard Medical School, who chairs the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP). The panel approved its latest set of recommendations last Friday for HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt and the American Health Information Community (AHIC). Halamka, an emergency physician, has posted his own personal health records in two formats on his "Life As a Healthcare CIO" blog, which he notes is not a HIPAA violation because he consented to the disclosure. Besides revealing some family history, recent vaccinations, and an allergy, the records show Halamka had an RFID chip implanted in 2004, which he describes as a similar disclosure of personal data.

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