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High-Profile Health Data Breaches Raise Concerns About EHRs

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Recent news about University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center employees who improperly accessed medical files of high-profile and celebrity patients highlights concerns regarding the privacy and security of electronic health records, the Washington Times reports.

EHR systems can simplify and streamline health record keeping, but security standards have not been fully established.

"There is good and bad about electronic records," privacy consultant Robert Gellman said, adding, "There is a lot of promise about medicine going to electronic records. Those who are promoting it talk about its appeal to consumers. But the principal beneficiaries are the health care organization, research facilities and insurance companies."

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