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Originally Posted by dbussone
Don't get me wrong. I am a fan of EMR systems. What I dislike intensely is the lack of attention paid to every aspect of security. Part of Obamacare involves the establishment of regional EMR data warehouses. All hospitals and physicians will be required to transmit patient information to these centers, and it is underway now. All the regional centers will be connected and the data accessible to many folks at CMS and other agencies. If the Chinese can hack into the Pentagon how secure do you think your personal information will be in another government repository.
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Off topic, and I know you know better. The ACA data collection is REQUIRED to have been stripped of patient identification data. It is collected as bulk data and the information cannot be identified by patient. Meaningful use criteria are analyzed by the EMR so see if the practice is practice is providing the services being measured as reflections of quality care, asking about abuse, providing immunizations, doing vital signs, recording allergies. This data is collected by the practices EMR. Insurance companies are also reporting data on utilization of services etc. None of the data reported have your name or your SSN or anything similar. So, no, the ACA is not collecting "your personal information" in the way you have suggested. It is more like the census gives an idea of what numbers and categories of persons live in an area but without names.