1.18.2012
12.21.2011
Irish Face[] Data
The Irish data protection commissioner has recommended widespread changes to improve privacy on Facebook—particularly significant because Facebook Ireland [has] responsibility for all non–US and Canadian data.
Suggested changes:
- a mechanism for users to make informed choices about how their information is used and shared on the site, including in relation to third party apps;
- increased transparency and controls over how personal data is used for advertising purposes;
- transparency and control for users via the provision of all personal data held to them on request and as part of their everyday interaction with the site;
- the deletion of information held on users and non-users via what are known as social plug-ins, and more generally the deletion of data held from user interactions with the site much sooner than at present;
- an update to its data use policy/privacy policy to take account of recommendations as to where the information provided to users could be further improved;
- an additional form of notification for users in relation to facial recognition/"tag suggest" that, it is considered, will ensure Facebook Ireland is meeting best practice in this area from an Irish law perspective;
- an enhanced ability for users to control tagging and posting on other user profiles; and
- an enhanced ability for users to control their addition to groups by friends.
Private Notes and Privacy
Inviting Patients to Read Their Doctors' Notes: Patients and Doctors Look Ahead:
Doctors: Opinions about open visit notes varied widely in terms of predicting the effect on their practices and benefits for patients.
Patients: Expressed considerable enthusiasm and few fears, anticipating both improved understanding and more involvement in care.
Understatement: Sharing visit notes has broad implications for quality of care, privacy, and shared accountability.
12.20.2011
Topical Treatment, Systemic Disease
Medicare penalties for readmissions are likely to hit hospitals serving the poor
It's nice to think hospitals control all of the pieces in this puzzle…[b]ut even though hospitals can do amazing work, they sometimes have very limited resources to address all the ills of a community.
12.19.2011
Wonder if Securing is the Wrong Problem?
Digital Data on Patients Raises Risk of Breaches
So began a nightmare that cost…nearly $300,000 in legal, private investigation, credit monitoring and media consultancy fees [and] 600 hours dealing with the fallout[.]
[A]s patient records have been digitized, health data breaches have surged. The number of reported breaches is up 32 percent this year…cost[ing] the industry an estimated $6.5 billion last year. In almost half the cases, a lost or stolen phone or personal computer was responsible.
The… Wall of Shame…today includes 380 breaches affecting more than 18 million people.
Complicating matters…[t]he legal burden of protecting patient data…falls on…the physicians and hospitals who entrust[]…their files. "The laws create a perverse outcome…our fault…[not] our breach."
No perversion here, the act of entrustment creates a duty in the entrustor to choose wisely the entrustee and their services. Entrustment does not negate, only obscures, liability. Wonder if securing health information is solving the wrong problem? If more digital use, creates more digital stores, and this creates more digital breaches, then the problem is the number of digital stores.
Currently,
Use ∝ Stores ∝ Breaches ∝ Security Meaures ∝ Failed Entrustments
What's needed,
Use ∝ 1 ∕ Stores ∝ 1 ∕ Breaches ∝ 1 ∕ Security Meaures ∝ 1 ∕ Failed Entrustments
BYO_
Five big things to watch out for in 2012
- BYOA/D: bring your own app or device
- BYOT: be your own tech
- BYOP: be your own programming
- BYOC: be your own currency
- BYOI: be your own interface, no hands nor eyes, just voice
Tails of Healthcare
Healthiest U.S. States Ranked. Where Do You Live? Rankings:
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Oklahoma
- Arkansas
- Alabama
- Massachusetts
- Hawaii
- Connecticut
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
Report PDF.
10 No-Nos
10 Buzzwords to Take Off Your LinkedIn Profile Now
- dynamic
- communication skills
- problem solving
- innovative
- motivated
- track record
- extensive experience
- effective
- organizational
- creative
Maxim: use synergy only when tongue is verified to be firmly in cheek.


