Weekly Overseas Health IT Links - 01 October, 2011.

Here are a few I have come across last week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.-----http://www.ehi.co.uk/insight/analysis/795/loch-ing-it-into-healthLoch-ing IT into healthWhile England waits for an information revolution the NHS in Scotland is pushing on with its...

Here Is Something We Should Be Thinking About For Australia Over Time. It Will Be A Five Year Journey At Least!

The American Medical Information Association seems to have achieved something of a coup!This was announced a few days agoClinical informatics to be certified subspecialtyBy Joseph ConnPosted: September 23, 2011 - 11:45 am ETFor the first time, physicians will have the opportunity to become board-certified in the subspecialty of clinical informatics, the American Medical Informatics Association announced. The American Board of Preventive Medicine...

Draft PCEHR Legislation Out for Consultation Until The End Of October, 2011.

The following press release came out today:http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr11-nr-nr195.htmRelease of draft eHealth LegislationMinister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, released the draft eHealth records legislation for public consultation.Printable version of Release of draft eHealth Legislation (PDF 23 KB)30 September 2011 Today the Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, released the draft eHealth...

Some Useful Thoughts About Managing The Privacy and Security of Health Information. It Seems It Is The Insiders Who Should Be Blamed!

The following reports of a PwC Report appeared a few days ago.There is coverage here:Theft of Digital Health Data More Often Inside Job, Report FindsSeptember 22, 2011, 12:16 AM EDTBy Carol Eisenberg Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Electronic health data breaches are increasingly carried out by “knowledgeable insiders” bent on identity theft or access to prescription drugs, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.More than 11 million consumers...