Can digital health protect your privacy?
August 11, 2009 (CNN)
A major element of healthcare reform being discussed is improving personal healthcare records such that they are more accurate, availability and (the key) digital. One significant problem, say most experts, is ensuring that your personal healthcare records do not fall into the wrong hands.
A recent article in CNN-Money posed the question: Who actually owns your health records?
According to the article, hospitals currently assume the liability, but the model is shifting to one where the patient controls the data and whether or not it is put online. The article goes on to say that:
Controlling the dissemination of patient data is becoming more of a hot-button issue as the push to go digital heats up. The Obama administration is spending $20 billion on incentives to hospitals and physician offices to ensure that a national digital health network is formed by 2014.
As is the case with any database or information system, accuracy and security are issues. In the case of personal digitized medical records, these elements become an extremely critical matter. YOUnite's patented technology offers a unique solution to ongoing and costly problem of data security and accuracy through the notion of "distributed sharing of personal identity attributes". By applying YOUnite's patented technology to the concept of digitized medical records, for example, the patient would be able to maintain their own medical records on their own personal devices and then selectively share that information with those of their choosing. Other third party companies would not be required to store the patient’s data on the third party networks; thereby dramatically reducing the possibility of highly sensitive medical records becoming compromised, inaccurate or otherwise experiencing malicious attacks as a result of data security breaches.
YOUnite's patented technology increases the security and accuracy in an efficient and cost effective manner. YOUnite’s patented technology directly addresses the serious issues of personal data security that are at the forefront of the digital health records issue being debated.
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Sources: CNN