dhowell
June 16th, 2008, 10:59 AM
Two web powerhouses of interpersonal communication, Google and Facebook, are not playing nice with each other in terms of sharing interpersonal data. That being the case, having one's own personal health data being "owned" by different health care providers could prove to be quite an obstacle in establishing ones own heath database. This article in iHealthBeat points this out,
"As odd and remote as the turf war for friendship networks may seem, the case helps illustrate some of the pivotal issues that could potentially impact the national roadmap to interoperable, private and secure health information. If powerhouses like Google and Facebook can't even reconcile how information about friends should be shared, can we expect anyone to do the same with sensitive health information? Who will own your patient data? How will it be shared? And who will enforce privacy? Ultimately, are interoperability and privacy mutually exclusive?"
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2008/6/4/Interoperability-and-Privacy-Are-They-Mutually-Exclusive.aspx?ps=1&authorid=1571
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"As odd and remote as the turf war for friendship networks may seem, the case helps illustrate some of the pivotal issues that could potentially impact the national roadmap to interoperable, private and secure health information. If powerhouses like Google and Facebook can't even reconcile how information about friends should be shared, can we expect anyone to do the same with sensitive health information? Who will own your patient data? How will it be shared? And who will enforce privacy? Ultimately, are interoperability and privacy mutually exclusive?"
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2008/6/4/Interoperability-and-Privacy-Are-They-Mutually-Exclusive.aspx?ps=1&authorid=1571
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