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As electronic medical records legislation advances, breaches draw scrutiny
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:18:11 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Ethan Ackerman <eackerma () u washington edu> Date: July 25, 2006 4:46:05 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net>Subject: As electronic medical records legislation advances, breaches draw scrutiny
Greetings Dave, As the House of Representatives hammers out details about what federal electronic medical records privacy policy (if any) should look like, and whether it should trump stronger state laws, ( http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=5227 ) hospitals and electronic service providers are finding that security of existing electronic records programs is often lacking. An unknown number of patients' records, somewhere between 5k and 23k, were exposed in a recent Georgetown University Hospital electronic records breach, reported today: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71453-0.html As the article points out, the exposed database was discovered by a consultant who (good news) found no evidence of exploitation of the info. Bad news, that doesn't mean it wasn't compromised... ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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