Hi all of you, I was away for short period. Because little more tight with project schedule. Really interesting discussion areas going on in these days. I have to read all the past emails. Any how, Do you aware about HIPAA compliance?
<http://www.hipaacomply.com/> Rules reguarding HIPAA http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/regtext.html . Regards P.Senthilruban --- Gerard Freriks <gfrer at luna.nl> wrote: > Hi, > > How serious is it really? > > Is there anybody with a legal opinion? > I only have a laymans opinion about this ridiculous > patent. > > Gerard > > ps: > > A few snippets from en CEN/TC251 standard published > in 1999. > CEN/TC251 ENV 13606: > 1. Scope This European Prestandard specifies > messages that enable > exchange of electronic healthcare record > informationbetween healthcare > parties responsible for the provision of clinical > care to an individual > patient. These messages allow information from an > electronic healthcare > record held by one health professional to be sent to > another > healthprofessional. The messages specified by this > European Prestandard > can be used to convey:? a complete copy of a > patient's record as stored > in one information system; ? parts of a patient's > record that form a > logically sound extract or summary of that record;? > parts of a > patient's record used for updating a parallel record > on another system. > The primary purpose of these messages is to support > the provision of > care to individual patients. The availability > ofconsistent, continuing > clinical care, when and where it is needed, requires > appropriate and > unambiguous communication between clinical > professionals. The messages > specified by this European Prestandard are designed > to meet > thisrequirement by enabling users of different > clinical information > systems to exchange electronic healthcare record > information. > Implementation of these messages will therefore > assist the maintenance > of timely and appropriate patientrecords. > > With a definition of Health care party: > -- 3.39. healthcare party. Organisation or person > involved in the > direct or indirect provision of healthcare services > to an individual or > to a population. -- > Met andere woorden. Hetgeen functioneel beschrven > staat is omvat in de > CEN voornorm voor het EPD. > > The concept "Template" is mentioned. > Any input screen is a template. And before 1999 this > concept was > defined and in use. > > As far as Access Control is concerned > Part 3 of the CEN/TC251 ENV 13606 is about the > expression of elements > needed for access control. > > 1 Scope This European prestandard specifies data > objects for describing > rules for distribution or sharing of electronic > healthcare records in > whole or in part. This European prestandard > establishes general > principles for the interaction of these data objects > with other > components and mechanisms within an electronic > healthcare record > application, thereby controlling the distribution of > electronic > healthcare records in whole or in part. This > European prestandard > establishes ways of creating information with > associated security > attributes. This European prestandard defines a > methodology for > constructing rules built from defined data objects, > capable of being > implemented using a range of techniques, to effect > the control of > sharing of electronic healthcare record data. This > European prestandard > establishes principles that allow security policies > to be implemented > and incorporated in order to ensure the safe use of > the data. This > European prestandard specifies a method for > constructing an Access Log, > that can be rendered human viewable, that records > distribution of the > data to which a Distribution Rule is attached. This > European > prestandard does not specify the mechanisms and > functions that take > part within the negotiation procedure and therefore > fully automate the > data distribution process. This European prestandard > does not specify > the mechanisms and functions that will allow some > systems to > continuously reauthenticate the data communication > session and monitor > its integrity. This European prestandard allows the > sharing of records > distributed in space, time or responsibility. This > European prestandard > does not specify the data objects and packages > represented in an > Information System. > > At this moment I have no time to browse further. > But on the website of NIST more is to be found about > Role based Access > published before 1999. > And persons like Bernd Blobel and Ross Anderson > wrote about security in > health care > > > gf > > -- <private> -- > Gerard Freriks, arts > Huigsloterdijk 378 > 2158 LR Buitenkaag > The Netherlands > > +31 252 544896 > +31 654 792800 > On 23 Nov 2004, at 03:29, Tim Churches wrote: > > > There is some concern here in Australia over a > patent application > > lodged by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia over > some rather generic > > features of EHRs. These concerns are reported > here: > > > > http://australianit.news.com.au/common/print/ > > > 0,7208,11467621%5E15319%5E%5Enb%20v%5E15306,00.html > > > > or here: > > > > http://snipurl.com/atst > > > > The application has been lodged under the > international PCT (patent > > co-operation treaty), and it appears that country > level applications > > have been lodged in at least the UK, Canada and > the US, as well as > > Australia. > > > > At a glance, there would not appear to be much in > the way of novelty > > in the claims, and several groups here in > Australia plan to lodge > > objections to the application. Others may wish to > object to the > > applications in their own countries. If anyone can > suggest clear prior > > art which was published before April 2002, and > ideally before April > > 2001, then please let me know (or post details to > this list so the > > prior art can be shared around). > > > > The details of the patent application, and a > related one filed on the > > same date, are as follows: > > > > "METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING PERSONAL HEALTH > DATA" can be found here: > > > > http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc? > > > CY=ep&LG=en&F=4&IDX=WO02073456&DB=EPODOC&QPN=WO02073456 > > > > or here: > > > > http://snipurl.com/atol > > > > Click on the tabs at the top to see the details of > the patent claims. > > > === message truncated === ===== P.Senthilruban B.Sc Eng. (Hons), MIEEE, AMABE. Senior Software Engineer Sri Lanka. TP: +94-777-667296 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! 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