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Paper records more secure: survey |
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A plurality of people in a recent survey indicated paper-based medical-records systems are more secure than electronic records, but under emergency circumstances, a large majority also indicated the rewards of having their medical records made electric outweigh the risks, according to a survey released today by Kaiser Permanente.
he Oakland, Calif.-based integrated delivery system sponsored the random, national telephone survey of 1,000 adult U.S. residents by StrategyOne, a unit of the Edelman public relations firm. Kaiser, which is undertaking an overbudget and overdue multibillion-dollar healthcare information technology rollout, is hosting a healthcare IT conference today in Washington.
According to the survey, when asked which form of record system was more efficient,
72% of respondents chose computer-based compared with
19% for paper-based, with
8% answering they were unsure.
But when asked which type of medical records system was more secure,
47% chose paper,
42% computerized, and
10% were unsure. (Some numbers do not add up to 100% due to rounding.)
Survey participants also were asked whether they agree or disagree with the following statement: "The benefits of electronic medical records, such as better treatment in an emergency and a reduction in medical errors outweigh any potential risk to patient privacy or the security of patient information." Their answers: 21% indicated they strongly agree, 52% somewhat agree, 16% somewhat disagree, 9% strongly disagree and 2% indicated they didn’t know or were unsure.
Participants also indicated, when it came to choosing between a physician or an insurance plan, all other things being equal, they expressed a strong preference for physicians (51%) and insurers (68%) that use electronic health-record systems over those who/that did not, (17%) and (16%), respectively.
Read the full article at Modern Health Care Online/a> |
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MIE 2014 Istanbul |
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The 25th International Congress of the European Federation for Medical Informatics will be held in
Istanbul, Turkey
from the
31.August-03.September 2014
The Scientific Programme Committee welcomes your contributions for MIE 2014. For more information please refer to the conference website:
MIE 2014 - Istanbul
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ICIMTH 2013 Athens |
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The International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare supported by the European Federation for Medical Informatics will take place from
5-7 July in Athens.
For more information about the conference topics and the program please refer to the
Conference Website
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Medinfo 2013 Copenhagen |
The 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark. The topic of medinfo2013 will address the challenges we foresee to continue in:
Conducting medical informatics by
Converging technologies,
Conveying sciences and
Connecting people
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Past MIE & STC Conferences |
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Pisa, Italy 2012 |
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Oslo, Norway 2011 |
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Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina 2009 |
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Gothenborg, Sweden 2008 |
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Maastricht, Netherlands 2006 |
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Geneva, Switzerland 2005 |
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Saint Malo, France 2003 |
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Budapest, Hungary 2002 |
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Hanover, Germany 2000 |
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Ljubljana, Slovenia 1999 |
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Thessalonica, Greece 1997 |
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Copenhagen, Denmark 1996 |
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Lisbon, Portugal 1994 |
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Jerusalem, Israel 1993 |
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Vienna, Austria 1991 |
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Glasgow, Scotland 1990 |
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Oslo, Norway 1988 |
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Rome, Italy 1987 |
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Helsinki, Finland 1985 |
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Brussels, Belgium 1984 |
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Dublin, Ireland 1982 |
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Toulouse, France 1981 |
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Berlin, Germany 1979 |
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Cambridge, UK 1978 |
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2009, Antalya, Turkey |
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2008, London, UK |
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2007, Brijuni island, Croatia |
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2006, Timisoara, Romania |
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2005, Athens, Greece |
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2004, Munich, Germany |
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2003, Rome, Italy |
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2002, Nicosia, Cyprus |
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2001, Bucharest, Romania |
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