MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'deborah peel'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4219701&cid=t_150095_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F12%2Feconomist-information-privacy-microsoft.html At The Economist, an online "debate" entitled Health 2.0 has been posted (link). It poses a debate between two experts.In this case, the debate is between Peter Neupert, Corporate vice-president, Microsoft Health Solutions Group, vs. Deborah Peel, MD, Founder, Patient Privacy Rights and leader of the Coalition for Patient Privacy.The readers are asked to vote upon whether they agree or disagree with this statement:This house believes that any loss of privacy from digitising health care will be more than compensated for by the welfare gains from increased efficiency.Note the phrase "will be."Readers are also permitted to post comments.My response was as follows:30/11/2010 19:16:26 pmDear Sir, The premise of this entire debate is logically fallacious, in fact begging the question. This state... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4219701 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:30:00 +0100 4219701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3411091&cid=t_150095_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FiyMnK-YtSzM%2F By Jim HarperI have one observation about, and one minor difference with, the very good—and very concerning—Wall Street Journal opinion piece by Deborah Peel of Patient Privacy Rights. The piece announces PPR’s “Do Not Disclose” campaign around health information, which will soon be pouring into promiscuous, government-designed “electronic medical records.” In a January 2009 speech, President Barack Obama said that his administration wants every American to have an electronic health record by 2014, and last year’s stimulus bill allocated over $36 billion to build electronic record systems. Meanwhile, the Senate health-care bill just approved by the House of Representatives on Sunday [now signed into law] requires certain kinds of research ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3411091 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:52:26 +0100 3411091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3408484&cid=t_150095_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fbeyond-putting-patients-control-and-privacy-safeguards-ehrs In a March 23 opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, Deborah Peel, MD, founder of the Patient Privacy Rights and leader of the bipartisan Coalition for Patient Privacy, argues  that unless we put patients in control of their electronic healthcare records and put safeguards in place to make that data secure and private, the push to have a nationwide EHR system will fail. Peel is absolutely correct. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3408484 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:41:56 +0100 3408484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2240506&cid=t_150095_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fdeborah-peel-on-fox-business.html Privacy hawk Deborah C. Peel, M.D., appeared Thursday on the Fox Business Channel to talk about the new privacy protections for EHRs contained in the economic stimulus bill. The segment is about three minutes long: (Source: Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog) Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2240506 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:56:00 +0100 2240506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2182360&cid=t_150095_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fmore-on-allscriptsand-fight-over-data.html Earlier today, I posted news about Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions intending to sell its Medication Services division to an unnamed purchaser for an unspecified amount. I've since gotten clarification via e-mail from company spokesman Todd Stein: "The release is earlier than we would normally have liked because we're required to reveal all material non-public information about the company prior to undertaking a share repurchase program like the one we also announced yesterday. That's to ensure that shareholders know everything about the company that they need to know in order to make an informed buy-or-sell decision."Indeed, Allscripts announced yesterday a $150 million buyback program and related $150 million increase in its credit commitments.The company also was named in a Bloombe... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2182360 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:45:00 +0100 2182360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2164720&cid=t_150095_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fquestion-you-privacy-wonks-out-there When I read a headline like Privacy advocates hail stimulus bills I immediately wonder which privacy advocates. If it’s Deborah Peel I shudder, as her aim appears to be to shut down any system of electronic health data exchange. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2164720 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:59:48 +0100 2164720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2067307&cid=t_150095_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fmore-commentary.html Barack Obama doesn't take office for nearly four more weeks, but already we're seeing some pushback against his campaign proposal to ask for $50 billion over five years for health IT. The federal checkbook, er, money-printing machine, has been busy of late. If the Wall Street and Detroit bailouts have shown anything so far, it's that a billion dollars just ain't what it used to be. There are some who are making the case that throwing more money at the healthcare problem might not be the wisest move.Notably, Bill Yasnoff, M.D., Ph.D., had an op-ed published at BusinessWeek Online last Friday, in which he says electronic medical records must be part of any economic stimulus plan Obama introduces in 2009. Yasnoff pushes for his brainchild, the "health record bank" and calls for greater privac... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2067307 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:40:00 +0100 2067307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1717065&cid=t_150095_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fprivacy-please.html A weekend trip to Maine for a family wedding turned into a business trip (and a tax deduction) when I was reminded that the 16th National HIPAA Summit and related Privacy Symposium were taking place at Harvard University this week. Since I was flying in and out of Boston, I hesitantly forked over the $150 extortion—er, change—fee to American Airlines and sprung for a hotel room, mostly so I could attend a heated debate—er, “roundtable discussion” (even though the table was not round)—about whether patient privacy rules were effective.I’m pretty sure it was worth the money. Boston usually is. While in the area, I also got a tour of athenahealth’s Watertown headquarters. I learned that “chief athenista” and new daddy Todd Park is on paternity leave for the next several mo... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1717065 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:20:00 +0100 1717065 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=950821&cid=t_150095_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fvideo-hits-cartoon-style.html I guess it was inevitable, with all the health 2.0 efforts that have come out of the woodwork of late, but the people behind HIT Transition, namely Martin Jensen and Michael Christopher, have had a beta launch of The Health IT Channel, otherwise known as HITCHtv. There are only two videos posted so far (both hosted on YouTube and embedded on the HITCHtv site), but the first seems like it required a bit of effort.It's an animated swipe at Microsoft's new HealthVault, the product that seemingly everyone but the Redmond Empire itself is calling a personal health record. Without naming names, the parody also makes fun of Dr. Deborah Peel and her Patient Privacy Rights Foundation for endorsing HealthVault. OK, so Jensen does name Peel in a HIT Transition blog post that explains what he thinks i... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=950821 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:22:00 +0100 950821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=941880&cid=t_150095_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fgeorge-clooney-patient-privacy-rights.html This week, patient medical records and patient privacy received some unusual media attention because one of Hollywood's own, George Clooney, allegedly had his medical records violated by more than two dozen employees at the Palisades Medical Center in New Jersey who supposedly handed his medical records over to the media. Clooney visited the medical center when he and girlfriend, Sarah Larson, were treated for injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident recently. Those employees, incidentally, have been suspended without pay for a month. They were suspended because Clooney is a celebrity, but if the same thing happened to an average person, I suspect they wouldn't have even been reprimanded.Unfortunately, medical privacy is a huge issue that has yet to receive the kind of public attention ... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=941880 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:00:00 +0100 941880