Are Patients’ Medical Records at Risk?

I found a recent Wall Street Journal’s article, called “Are your Medical Record at Risk” (by Sarah Rubenstein), very interesting. It provides good insights about the trade-offs adopted by the Healthcare industry when considering privacy against Quality Care:

“When it comes to protecting the privacy of patients' computerized information, the main threat the health-care industry faces isn't from hackers, but from itself …”.

This article focuses on the US reality – but some of the points it raises can be of concern also in other countries …

--- NOTE: my original HP blog can be found here ---