One thing to remember is that this is a pretty badly hacked article :) The key thing about HIPAA is that it regulates people who gather your data and what they can do with it without your permission. It is fundamentally your data (in a healthcare context) and you are supposed to be in charge of who gets to see it/use it and for what. So if you are opting in to a program and providing data that you are actively sharing and understand how and why it is being used, that alleviates most of the privacy concerns (on an individual basis).
That being said, there are still concerns around making sure that the data does not go toward any uses you have not knowingly agreed to, making sure that it can go away when you go away, making sure that it does not go to 3rd parties without your consent, etc. One of the other big concerns I have is how it may work around peer pressure. Peer pressure can be a positive in the area of wellness. Having a support structure that holds you accountable has been shown to be a major factor with people sticking with any sort of program. It's hard to change habits on your own. On the other hand, a voluntary opt-in system has the potential to create a mental division between "team players" and "slackers" or what not and that is something I worry about. I'm happy for any and all input. This is an internal, experimental, sort of project, so nothing is set in stone and great ideas and concerns are happily accepted. Judah On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:02 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]>wrote: > > I dunno, started reading it and alarm bells went off in my head with > regards to HIPAA, HR/Labor law and potenitially descrimination (Ramadan > makes for different eating cycles, for example). > > If you'd like I can share the article with my co-workers in the HR > department to get more educated feedback on the concept. > > Personally I haven't looked into any studies that tie wellness with > productivity. I can also say that every client we service saw a premium > increase in benefits, participation in a wellness program or not. > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some > smelting to find it. > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I'm really curious because the company in question is mine and I'll be > > working on this project. The article, of course, really kind of butchered > > everything, got the name wrong (C3PO is a different internal project), > and > > kind of glossed over the fact that is all voluntary...but I do understand > > that there are questions to be asked surrounding health info + employers. > > It has the potential to be fraught. On the other hand, we're trying to > > build a very participatory culture and trying to "do good" reinforcing > > positive actions by feedback mechanisms. We're just starting and going to > > be prototyping stuff, so nothing set is stone yet, but yeah, I think it > > will be very interesting. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362881 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
