As long as we have a bunch of lawyers passing the laws in this state auto and health insurance will never be reasonable, they don't want to lose out on their lucrative lawsuits and drive the cost of health care even higher.
$1.7 million slated for state medical database System would give doctors instant access to patient records
By ALAN WECHSLER, Business writer First published: Tuesday, July 10, 2007
ALBANY -- A statewide medical database that could put a patient's health records at any doctor's fingertips has taken another step forward with the approval of $1.7 million in state funding.
The Health Information Exchange of New York, known as HIXNY, was created in 1999, though work began in earnest in 2005. Today, the group is looking to hire a chief executive.
A working information system could be in place in less than two years, project officials said Monday.
"I think things are going well," said Ray Murphy, HIXNY project director and former chief information officer at the health insurance company Capital District Physicians' Health Plan. "We have been moving forward as quickly as we could."
At the heart of the proposal is the growing trend by hospitals and physicians of investing in computer systems to store patient records. Such systems make it possible for doctors to access patient records from home or from a hospital.
HIXNY wants to turn these piecemeal records systems into a secure, Internet-based database that would allow, say, a doctor at Albany Medical Center Hospital to access the records of a patient in Long Island.
Such access would give doctors the medical backgrounds of all patients, detailing what medications they're on, what diseases they have, even the readings of their last electrocardiogram.
Before HIXNY was awarded the grant last week under the state HEAL-NY program used for health care improvements in the state, money came in from its members: three health insurance plans, eight hospitals, four large physician groups, three community health centers and two trade associations. Backers believe the program will reduce medical errors.
But HIXNY didn't get all the money it hoped for. In late 2005, backers applied for $9.5 million in state funding. Instead, more money will have to come from participating hospitals and doctors' offices.
And the technology isn't cheap. Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson -- which is not a HIXNY member -- estimates the cost of training staff and setting up technology to get access to HIXNY will run from $1.5 million to $2 million.
While the hospital plans to raise capital, such a program won't be in place in the next two years, said President Jane Ehrlich.
"There's no question it's of tremendous value to patients," she said. But, she added, "There is a capital investment that's considerable." Wechsler can be reached at 454-5469 or by e-mail at awechsler@timesunion.com.
This could hurt people who are trying to get health care insurance or some other doctor checking on your health from your work location. It sounds like too much big brother into your health history to suit me.
Big brother at it's best!!! What if someone has a 'mental' problem? And let us not forget, that anorexia is considered a mental problem. What if an employer has the connections to obtain your medical records and all that you hear is 'mental problem'?What about HIV? Hot chance at landing that job!
Medical records are considered confidential. And another question...can this information be FOILED for?
What a nice scenario....Government funded health insurance and a data base with everyone's medical records!!! SCARY SCARY SCARY!
Well, as for me...it will be less time spent at the doctors and more time at the pharmacy using the good old OTC drugs!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Why do we think HIPA was created????......to lay the foundation for this beast.........
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"I think things are going well," said Ray Murphy, HIXNY project director and former chief information officer at the health insurance company Capital District Physicians' Health Plan. "We have been moving forward as quickly as we could."
It ain't liberty folks........
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
HIXNY wants to turn these piecemeal records systems into a secure, Internet-based database that would allow, say, a doctor at Albany Medical Center Hospital to access the records of a patient in Long Island.
Such access would give doctors the medical backgrounds of all patients, detailing what medications they're on, what diseases they have, even the readings of their last electrocardiogram.
Faster, faster, faster......no different than the fast food drive thrus......look what that got us.....anyone can do a study and put in their own #'s and get their own answers to suit what folks want to hear.......and,,,,,there will be mandates to be allowed to 'get what ya need' in a national health care system that has ALL your info......that any 'joe schmoe' can access.....I'm certain there will be no 'clean' candidates for jobs/politics/Miss America etc.......STD's will loose their stigma,,birth control over the counter OR no birth control unless you 'let us in to check it'......zoloft, prozac, lexapro, paxil, adderall, ritalin all around..........Mary Shelly was right in her novel---frankenstein........
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Internet-based database that would allow, say, a doctor at Albany Medical Center Hospital a devient minded hacker, or someone with connections, or someone who can blackmale, or insurance companies, or employers to access the records of a patient in Long Island.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
In 1984, Winston Smith lives in London which is part of the country Oceania. The world is divided into three countries that include the entire globe: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. Oceania is a totalitarian society led by Big Brother, which censors everyone's behavior, even their thoughts. Winston is disgusted with his oppressed life and secretly longs to join the fabled Brotherhood, a supposed group of underground rebels intent on overthrowing the government. Winston meets Julia and they secretly fall in love and have an affair, something which is considered a crime. One day, while walking home, Winston encounters O'Brien, an inner party member, who gives Winston his address. Winston had exchanged glances with O'Brien before and had dreams about him giving him the impression that O'Brien was a member of the Brotherhood. Since Julia hated the party as much as Winston did, they went to O'Brien's house together where they were introduced into the Brotherhood. O'Brien is actually a faithful member of the Inner-Party and this is actually a trap for Winston, a trap that O'Brien has been cleverly setting for seven years. Winston and Julia are sent to the Ministry of Love which is a sort of rehabilitation center for criminals accused of thoughtcrime. There, Winston was separated from Julia, and tortured until his beliefs coincided with those of the Party. Winston denounces everything he believed him, even his love for Julia, and was released back into the public where he wastes his days at the Chestnut Tree drinking gin.
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George Orwell
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Must be our government is using this book to govern the people with!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
When I was 20 I was turned away from a hospital for not having health insurance. One of the reasons my father didn’t move to this country was because he didn’t have health insurance. My cousin’s husband will be paying $1,000 a month for the next 12 months in order to keep health insurance while he recovers from surgery at home. A relative of a friend was denied a CAT scan despite her husband’s pleas and subsequently died of a brain aneurysm. I already knew the health care system was unconscionably wrong when I moved here from Scotland at the age of 13 and didn’t have health insurance until the age of 21. I just saw the movie “Sicko” and concluded that the U.S. public has been ignorant about how much better health care in this country could be. I declare that I will support HR 676 and any congressperson who will work to pass it. ANGELA DUPIN Scotia
Me too, why does just about every country send their critically ill or patients that need very complicated surgery, ie conjoined twins, to our country if our health care system is so bad? We have the best doctors in the world and if we go to government provided health care those same great doctors are going to either move to another country where they can make more money or quit their practices.
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