How Unsecured Medical Record Systems and Medical Devices Put Patient Lives at Risk

A team of physicians and computer scientists at the University of California – San Diego and University of California – Davis has shown that it is easy to modify medical test results remotely by attacking the connection between hospital laboratory devices and medical record systems. A release from the UC San Diego notes that these… Continue reading How Unsecured Medical Record Systems and Medical Devices Put Patient Lives at Risk

Patients Want Access to Their Medical Records

Patients value direct, independent access to their medical exam records, according to a study presented in December 2014 at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago. A release from the society notes that fragmentation of health information among physicians, healthcare institutions or practices, and inefficient exchange of test results… Continue reading Patients Want Access to Their Medical Records