Electronic Medical Records today - where are we at ?

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09/01/18/0451249 storElectronic Medical Records, the Story So Far- StupidPeopleTrick writes

"After the executive order signed in 2006, states are making strides with privacy breach notification but are struggling with enacting privacy laws and finding funding.
With looming deadlines to move to e-records and e-prescribing, where will the money and the privacy standards come from?"

"While the federal government is trying to coordinate the development of a National Health Information Network, state legislatures and governors have begun crafting innovative statewide health information exchanges, mandates, funding mechanisms, and privacy laws to move from a paper-based to an electronic health system.

The best thing about state governments' willingness to experiment is that their successes can be replicated by other states. For instance, in 2007, California passed a privacy bill that extended its financial data breach notification to the healthcare realm. Now, if there is a breach of health data anywhere in the state, healthcare providers must notify patients. The law also made clear that the data breach notification rules apply to personal health record vendors such as Microsoft and Google." David Raths