Businessweek reports the sale of records by various states is putting privacy at risk as the records include data “to link a person’s identity to medical conditions using public information.” Some states compile the records into databases “available for sale to researchers, companies and other members of the public,” the report states, noting, “The potential for a patient’s hospital record to be made public by anyone buying data compiled by states adds to ways privacy is vulnerable in an age of digitized health record-keeping and increasingly sophisticated hacking.” Meanwhile, Becker’s Hospital Review reports on HIPAA-compliance concerns, suggesting internal compliance measures may not be enough if vendors are violating the law.
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