Comments on: Monday Morning Update 3/22/10

By: Matics

Matics — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:51:29 +0000

There are only about 2,000 to 5,000 of us who are formally certified informaticians.

Formally certified? Certification in medical informatics does not yet exist. Perhaps he meant postdoctoral-trained or degreed?

By: Michelle W

Michelle W — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:06:43 +0000

Re: Las Vegas newspaper report. Hmm, on a further read of that article, I think the issue isn’t that someone had access to shredded information or the shredders, but the fact that these bins stored patient info waiting to be shredded (wow, using a variation of “shredder” three times totally gives me a Ninja Turtles flashback).

Seriously, since someone using a stolen or lost key could potentially have access to this information, it sounds like it falls under perview of the new Breach Notification Rule, which made clear information had to be made unusable to unauthorized users, not just inaccesible.

By: Samantha Brown

Samantha Brown — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:27:41 +0000

Re: Detroit Medical Center. Bingo, Mr. HISTalk. You are correct. How willing is the Blackstone Group (the VC behind Vanguard) willing to fund the uninsured in Detroit. And how much of a golden parachute did the top leaders negotiate for themselves?