[IEEE-bhpjobs] news items about Health Information Network

[Esther Lumsdon]

System incompatibility continues to throw wrench in health system IT 
operations 
In a problem of incompatibility that is all-too-common at health care 
organizations, Canton, Ohio's Nova Behavioral Health has had to stop using 
convenient hand-held electronic survey tools to gather data required by 
the state because the Microsoft-made system did not integrate with Nova's 
Unix-based mainframe system. The organization hopes to remedy the problem 
when its wireless connectivity improves.   Health Data Management (2/1)
http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/html/current/CurrentIssueStory.cfm?PostID=18928


Patient privacy weighs on efforts to set up health information network 
As efforts to establish a national health information network begin, the 
concern that's becoming most pressing is the need for safeguards to 
protect patient privacy. Fears of unauthorized access to patient 
information loom large, and experts describe growing conflicts between 
business needs (to get as much information on individuals as possible) and 
personal needs (to release minimal information to as few people as 
possible).   eWEEK.com (2/7)
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1762744,00.asp

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Esther Lumsdon, RAC
IT QA / QC Analyst
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Phone: 919-668-8988
Lumsd004 at dcri.duke.edu or e.Lumsdon at duke.edu