http://www.2wg.net/lawblog/index.php/2009/07/health-it-implementation-an-overview/ Law Blog for Technologists, powered by www.faithatlaw.com Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:10:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.2wg.net/lawblog/index.php/2009/07/health-it-implementation-an-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Implementing Health IT at Health IT 1.0 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:35:29 +0000 http://www.2wg.net/lawblog/?p=102#comment-332 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> http://www.2wg.net/lawblog/index.php/2009/07/health-it-implementation-an-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-15 tfaith Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:53:25 +0000 http://www.2wg.net/lawblog/?p=102#comment-15 I agree that in the longer term, a national health data exchange will reduce the risk to this data from loss because of a hurricane or natural disaster. I think in the short term we will struggle with the privacy and technical security issues, and with overall adoption of Health IT because the technology still takes a lot of effort to implement and use effectively. I still think it will be worth the trouble. I agree that in the longer term, a national health data exchange will reduce the risk to this data from loss because of a hurricane or natural disaster. I think in the short term we will struggle with the privacy and technical security issues, and with overall adoption of Health IT because the technology still takes a lot of effort to implement and use effectively. I still think it will be worth the trouble.

]]> http://www.2wg.net/lawblog/index.php/2009/07/health-it-implementation-an-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-14 faraz_pcc Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:14:54 +0000 http://www.2wg.net/lawblog/?p=102#comment-14 Health IT would be a national database system that is interlinked and regularly backed up, patient records would be safe even in the face of natural disasters like Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Many crucial medical records were lost in these terrible storms because they were kept on paper that was destroyed in the flooding. Also, people who become ill while traveling would not have to suffer because the hospital in Honolulu cannot reach their primary care physician in Tuscaloosa. Their patient records would be available and instantly transmittable electronically. Health IT would be a national database system that is interlinked and regularly backed up, patient records would be safe even in the face of natural disasters like Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Many crucial medical records were lost in these terrible storms because they were kept on paper that was destroyed in the flooding. Also, people who become ill while traveling would not have to suffer because the hospital in Honolulu cannot reach their primary care physician in Tuscaloosa. Their patient records would be available and instantly transmittable electronically.

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