From the press release: "A new policy brief by Consumers
Union and the Center for Democracy & Technology offers solutions to
strengthen the privacy and security of electronic health information systems
and support the increased use and appropriate sharing of patients' health data.
It also identifies gaps in current law and offers recommendations to address
those gaps to help assure a trusted, secure electronic health records system…. According
to the policy brief, the shift from paper to electronic health records presents
new challenges and new solutions to protecting the privacy and security of
patients' health information. A breach that formerly affected a single paper
record now can expose an entire database of patient records. At the same time,
health information exchange presents powerful new ways to improve the privacy
and security of patients' data, including encryption, authentication and
authorization controls, and electronic audit trails." Read more
See also
"Achieving the Right Balance: Privacy and Security Policies to Support Electronic Health Information Exchange." California Healthcare Foundation, June 12, 2012.