Medical Records Have $15 Billion to go On Line-Is Your Info Safe?
This week UCLA Medical Center fired 15 members of the staff for snooping through Octo-Moms records. It is widely speculated that they were in search of the donor. As bad as this maneuver was by the staff it hi-lights the vulnerabilities of our records should they go on-line as the Obama Administration is pushing for.
Under current plans, everyone’s medical records will be electronically stored on a server somewhere. To boot, there will be huge government contracts issued in order to support this initiative. Despite all the assurances that your information will be safe, we all know that it will be hacked and people’s personal information will be taken and spread all over the Internet. Hackers break into the governments most sophisticated computer systems and cause problems. What assurances will these providers give us, the patients, that our personal private records will be protected?
It is a dubious project and should be struck down. There is no protection, only the potential for a lot of waste, abuse, and invasion of privacy.
