Discussion: Electronic Medical Records
Some of the patients who visit Dr. Adkins and Dr. Brooks have expressed concern that electronic medical records may not be private enough and that their health information will be "floating around on the internet." They are worried that unauthorized individuals could somehow access their information on the computer and do them harm. How might Sloan alleviate the patients' fears about their records being available on the Internet to so many people? What disadvantages with regard to confidentiality are associated with the EMR?