Comments on: One of the unintended downsides of the EMR http://gruntdoc.com/2009/03/one-of-the-unintended-downsides-of-the-emr.html Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nadya Suleman’s 911 call made last year released [video] « 1websurfer’s Weblog http://gruntdoc.com/2009/03/one-of-the-unintended-downsides-of-the-emr.html/comment-page-1#comment-17423 Nadya Suleman’s 911 call made last year released [video] « 1websurfer’s Weblog Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:25:55 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/?p=3454#comment-17423 [...] One of the unintended downsides of the EMR (gruntdoc.com) [...] [...] One of the unintended downsides of the EMR (gruntdoc.com) [...]

]]> By: Reality Rounds http://gruntdoc.com/2009/03/one-of-the-unintended-downsides-of-the-emr.html/comment-page-1#comment-17256 Reality Rounds Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:00:35 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/?p=3454#comment-17256 I posted on this same topic. I am also all for EMR's. However, paper records were not that easy to access. Most primary care givers could spot someone peaking in an actual chart that they had no business looking at. You also had to physically go down to medical records to sign out a chart. I like the idea of only primary care givers having access to EMR's, especially high profile patients. http://realityrounds.com/2009/03/31/electronic-medical-records-hipaa-and-octo-mom/ I posted on this same topic. I am also all for EMR’s. However, paper records were not that easy to access. Most primary care givers could spot someone peaking in an actual chart that they had no business looking at. You also had to physically go down to medical records to sign out a chart. I like the idea of only primary care givers having access to EMR’s, especially high profile patients.
http://realityrounds.com/2009/03/31/electronic-medical-records-hipaa-and-octo-mom/

]]> By: GruntDoc http://gruntdoc.com/2009/03/one-of-the-unintended-downsides-of-the-emr.html/comment-page-1#comment-17191 GruntDoc Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:25:41 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/?p=3454#comment-17191 True enough, which is probably why the discipline went to so many people (probably a bunch of discrete logins to that record). True enough, which is probably why the discipline went to so many people (probably a bunch of discrete logins to that record).

]]> By: Paul http://gruntdoc.com/2009/03/one-of-the-unintended-downsides-of-the-emr.html/comment-page-1#comment-17190 Paul Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:07:23 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/?p=3454#comment-17190 One point overlooked in tallying inappropriate access to EMRs is that such access CAN be tallied. Imagine if Octomom had paper records. Almost any health care worker could enter the file room, take the chart, make copies, and replace it. Nobody knows where the info goes then, and nobody knows who accessed it. That is why I always use someone else's account when trolling records ; ) One point overlooked in tallying inappropriate access to EMRs is that such access CAN be tallied. Imagine if Octomom had paper records. Almost any health care worker could enter the file room, take the chart, make copies, and replace it. Nobody knows where the info goes then, and nobody knows who accessed it.

That is why I always use someone else’s account when trolling records ; )

]]> By: Derrick http://gruntdoc.com/2009/03/one-of-the-unintended-downsides-of-the-emr.html/comment-page-1#comment-17177 Derrick Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:09:50 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/?p=3454#comment-17177 It may not have been relevent in this case, but one thing that I think should be made into law would be making it illegal to publish information obtained from medical records without the consent of the patient. This might help improve patients' confidentiality by removing the incentive for staff to peak at celebs records in the first place. It may not have been relevent in this case, but one thing that I think should be made into law would be making it illegal to publish information obtained from medical records without the consent of the patient. This might help improve patients’ confidentiality by removing the incentive for staff to peak at celebs records in the first place.

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