Invisapeeps 2.0

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Invisapeeps 2.0 -> Chattin' Peeps -> Health Information Exchange - Would you participate?
Post Info TOPIC: Health Information Exchange - Would you participate?
Evil Stepmother


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 1002
Date:
Health Information Exchange - Would you participate?
Permalink  
 

I went to the dermatologist this morning and while filling out the paperwork I was asked to sign up for an electronic Health Information Exchange.  The receptionist said it was a good idea because any doctor or emergency room could access my health information in case of emergency.  I declined and told her I could not imagine a life threating dermatology  problem.

According to the handy brochure she gave me: 

An HIE electronicall allows your health information to be shared between physicians, hospitals and other health care providers.  Particiation in an HIE allows you and your providers to make sure your information is available when and where you need it regardless of where previous care was provided.

  and

Maintaining the pricavy of your health information is a priority of the TIHA HIE....All TIHA members abide by state and federal privacy laws and utilize state-of-the-art technology to keep your health information safe.

l though I have no health issues at all, I am not interested in having my health record on a large electronic database.  In the last couple of years I've read about hackers getting access to records at the Department of Defense, banks and other agencies that surely are heavily invested in security.

Have any of you been asked to participate in such a program?  Would you if asked?



__________________
kapper


I am always right, unless I am wrong.

Status: Offline
Posts: 3427
Date:
Permalink  
 

I might, but only because I have heart issues and I might not be able to give them any info on my own if I am stricken.

__________________

Make up your mind to be happy and happiness usually comes your way.
Family Gal


Veteran Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 73
Date:
Permalink  
 

I have not been asked to participate, but I understand it will be strongly encouraged if the universal health care plan is approved in the U.S.

__________________
Evil Stepmother


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 1002
Date:
Permalink  
 

This was the first time I'd been asked. My regular doctor doesn't participate.

Kapper do you wear a medical alert bracelet or charm? I know a couple of diabetics that do.

__________________
Family Gal


Veteran Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 73
Date:
Permalink  
 

Those bracelets always remind me of that "help me, I've fallen and I can't get up" commercials.

__________________
kapper


I am always right, unless I am wrong.

Status: Offline
Posts: 3427
Date:
Permalink  
 

Evil Stepmother wrote:

This was the first time I'd been asked. My regular doctor doesn't participate.

Kapper do you wear a medical alert bracelet or charm? I know a couple of diabetics that do.

 Yes, but it doesn't have all my info on it (I take a lot of drugs) and the interactions with my meds could be devastating. I also carry a card with all of my meds listed and it's right by my license so hopefully if I am unconcious and they look for an ID they'll find my list of drugs..lol



__________________

Make up your mind to be happy and happiness usually comes your way.
HamsterFan


Owner of Halvdan

Status: Offline
Posts: 771
Date:
Permalink  
 

I'd be very hesitant and ask for more information. I'm very annoyed with this trend which seems to be happening in all kinds of areas.

__________________
RichardInTN


I believe in I.D.I.C.

Status: Offline
Posts: 1642
Date:
Permalink  
 

If I ever went to doctors I'd participate.

Even if the info got out... so what? So some hacker would know that I broke my collar bone at 9. Big deal. Or that I had my gallbladder out at 43. Big deal. or that I was on {whatever} medication. Big deal.

__________________
"Yabba Dabba Doo" - Frederick J. Flintstone... So what?
(Judd Nelson as Atty. Robin 'Stormy' Weathers in "From the Hip")
 
My board (everyone welcome): Great Escape
Saturn


Veteran Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 56
Date:
Permalink  
 

I wouldn't unless I had major health issues and thought it would be beneficial or unless it was required. Otherwise, I am pretty protective of my privacy and tend to imagine impossible situations that "could" happen.

Although I am a bit of a hypocrite when it comes to privacy. I have willingly given complete strangers on the internet my real name and address for the pc and xmas card exchanges. I finally started online banking last year which is something I said I would never do, lol. I still won't access my bank account on my phone though, I don't think it is safe.

So the more I think about it, the more undecided I am. I think I need to start a new thread about internet privacy.

__________________
FrootLoop


Naturally Frootilicious

Status: Offline
Posts: 137
Date:
Permalink  
 

Ten years ago I'd have refused, today.. I'd use it because I keep having near devastating health issues and having everything coordinated could save my life.

For a generally healthy person I'd see no reason to join into something optional like that, but for a non healthy person.. yeah.




~FrootLoop one of the non healthy

__________________
Evil Stepmother


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 1002
Date:
Permalink  
 

Hearing from people with multiple or life threatening medical problems, does make it sound like a better idea. I don't have any conditions, previous surguries, or medications, so my file would just be taking up data space. And upon further thought, what would it hurt if info about my blood pressure or whatever got out there.

My worst kept health secret is how I scream like a little girl when I get a flu shot. Worst kept as in everyone at the office knows.

__________________
kapper


I am always right, unless I am wrong.

Status: Offline
Posts: 3427
Date:
Permalink  
 

Evil Stepmother wrote:

Hearing from people with multiple or life threatening medical problems, does make it sound like a better idea. I don't have any conditions, previous surguries, or medications, so my file would just be taking up data space. And upon further thought, what would it hurt if info about my blood pressure or whatever got out there.

My worst kept health secret is how I scream like a little girl when I get a flu shot. Worst kept as in everyone at the office knows.

 And now we know too...



__________________

Make up your mind to be happy and happiness usually comes your way.
1dog1cat1snake1rat_akaTheZoo


Veteran Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 37
Date:
Permalink  
 

The first year at my one sister's worksite participation was voluntary, and those people got a little something extra in their next paycheck, maybe $50. (It's been a while and my memory is faulty, so not positive as to amount.)

The next year if you participated, for every "test" (cholesterol, etc.) you "passed" you either got something back OR your contribution towards your health insurance was lessened by a certain amount. A couple of years later for each of those tests you failed, your health insurance went up a certain amount. And participation was no long voluntary.

Smokers got an increase whether or not they were otherwise the healthiest persons on the planet.

I wouldn't do it. Allllllll these places that have been hacked and people's social security numbers and cc information has been stolen?? It seems like nothing is absolutely private, and my health information is something I don't want out there. There's nothing I have to hide, but what if I did? What if I - as I've read so many baby boomers have - had Hep C? Or anything else? The only people who need that info are my doctors and any health care professionals I see, but that info is on a need to know basis, only. Like, at that time.

__________________
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
Invisapeeps 2.0 -> Chattin' Peeps -> Health Information Exchange - Would you participate?


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard