Lorraine, With the patients permission, you can share data. At my last employer, we had set up the state of Delaware with a system that allowed Physicians to view lab and other data across all participating hospitals and clinics. There are also precautions in place so that if a Doctor looked at data that they should not be allowed to see or share, that the system tracked those actions. In some cases, a Doctor may need data without being able to get the patients permission, like they are unconscious, for situations like that, we called it "breaking glass" like you would have to do to set a fire alarm.
One of the biggest things right now in that space is sharing data. If you think about it, it is a must. The design just needs to help them be responsible with the data. Grady Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gradykelly.com On 11/5/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I understood that HIPAA prevented nearly all data sharing. Is that not > the case? > > > Lorraine > > > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help > -- Grady Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://simpledesign.org ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
