Sunday, July 21, 2013

In Midst of Data Scandals, Networks Ignore Dangers of Electronic Medical Records

Identity theft. Government corruption. Ineffective solutions and broken promises. All of these problems have stemmed from electronic storage of medical records, but the United States is still moving forward with President Obama’s initiative he set in motion years ago, July 13, 2010.
On that day, President Obama mandated that hospitals and doctor’s offices convert all their paper medical records into a government-approved and regulated electronic system under the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act.
The storage of private medical information by the government is an obvious concern in the midst of administration abuse by the IRS and NSA. Add to that, the House is investigating the IRS seizure of 60 million personal medical records. Rather than draw any connection, the broadcast networks have ignored the problems for three years. Not one news story on ABC, CBS and NBC has made the connection between electronic records mandated by Obamacare and the IRS or NSA scandals. Neither have the networks warned of potential security problems coming from such recordkeeping.

http://mrc.org/articles/midst-data-scandals-networks-ignore-dangers-electronic-medical-records?utm_campaign=BMI%207-19-13&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=Full%20Story 

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