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Required Encryption of Medical Records.
The safety of medical records has always been a concern and several laws passed in the succession of years to ensure privacy of patients records. The computerization of patients records have brought a new threat to the privacy of patients records and sparked controversy as patients fear their records are no longer private. Patients have fears of having their medical records used for other purposes other than health care services. ... It would be helpful if the childs medical records were online.
Computerization brings greater access to medical information and interconnection among providers, payers, patients and researchers in separate organizations and at distant locations. ... This is less costly, however, it also makes it possible for a patients medical history to be downloaded via the Internet or carried out of a medical office on a single floppy diskette.
In most surveys, patients acknowledge the fact that encryption of medical data is expensive but they believe encryption is worth the effort. Many people had their medical information improperly disclosed at some time, and almost 35 percent of these claimed the disclosure had resulted in embarrassment or personal harm. The Medical Records of Confidentiality Act of 1995 put up standards that govern the disclosure of patients information. ... Violations of these bills could result in civil and criminal charges therefore medical institutions have to put that in mind if they think encryption is too costly.
Approximate Word count = 1126
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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