Here is very long but wonderful article which speaks about our right to medical privacy. It gives you the steps that your data goes through and you do have to wonder, exactly how private is my medical information?

Data protection: our rights to privacy

HIPAA can be a very confusing topic but it is very important and all of us should know where to look for information that we need. Here is a cheat sheet that lists many of places to go for that info.

HIPAA Cheat Sheet

In this Aol SmartMoney article it manages to give more scare to people who probably already terrified of hospitals. Why are they afraid? Well the very first paragraph is enough to make you pale.

1. “Oops, wrong kidney.”
In recent years errors in treatment have become a serious problem for hospitals, ranging from operating on the wrong body part to medication mix-ups. According to a report from the Institute of Medicine, at least 1.5 million patients are harmed every year from being given the wrong drugs — that’s an average of one person per U.S. hospital per day. One reason these mistakes persist: Only 10% of hospitals are fully computerized, with a central database to track allergies and diagnoses, says Robert Wachter, chief of the medical service at UC San Francisco Medical Center.

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10 Things Your Hospital Won’t Tell You

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In many offices, information is often not as private as it should be. That should make you a little concerned when it comes to your supposedly private medical records. Read here to find out more about Workstation protection.

Protecting Your Workstation

In a case of two people who will be going away for a LONG time, police say two cousins stole more than 1,100 personal information from patients and then used them in a crime trilogy.

After stealing the records, the pair proceeded to commit identity theft, and managed to bill more than $2.8 million dollars in medicare scams.

Isis Machado worked at Weston Clinic and she was the one who printed out social security numbers, birthdays, addresses and other personal info that would allow them to pull this off. Her cousin Fernando Ferrer Jr who owns Advanced Medical Claims then used the information to file tons of fraudulent claims.

I have to question the logic of these two. How on earth did they think to get away with this without anyone knowing. Now they will be paying back $2.8+ million dollars and they will be locked up for a while.