The Electronic Medical Record and Privacy Concerns

David Brailer, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in 2006, presented an anecdote at an industry meeting. “You live in Philadelphia but you are hit by a bus in San Diego while on vacation. With the EMR the emergency room doctor could access your records at the government’s regional health information organization and learn your past medical history.” Should physicians be elated or concerned with this centralization and wider accessibility of medical records? What are the privacy and confidentiality issues we need to address? Join host Dr. Michael Benson as he speaks with Justin Barnes, Vice President of Marketing and Government Affairs for Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. about EMR and privacy concerns.