Case Study : Chapter 4

Discussion Questions

1. What type of security breaches of medical record are commonly today?
-One type of security breaches are the viruses that destroys computers.

2. What measures are being taken by the government and private industry to safeguard EHR's?
-Healthcare organizations are entrusted with the most private information of their patients and employees. They have a legal, moral, and ethical duty to protect all clinical and research information by ensuring that security and privacy safeguards are in place. A higher degree of control is necessary to prevent unauthorized access to especially sensitive information. This is particularly true within the context of the electronic health record (EHR).


reference:http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/bok1_039956.hcsp?dDocName=bok1_039956

3. How do you think the implementation of ARRA will affect the privacy of our healthcare and personal data? What breaches do you foresee? How can they be forestalled?
-ARRA layers on new privacy protections and prosecution powers to discourage unauthorized access to patient information. Under ARRA, even a brief unauthorized look at a medical record can mean large monetary fines for individuals and facilities. Through a wide range of provisions, Congress used ARRA as an attempt to increase patient trust that the healthcare industry will protect their personal information.

Discussion Questions

1. How does Google's business model use personal data?
-Google aims to be a databank for the government agencies to the CIA and the likes.Consumers are encouraged to use duckduckgo.com instead and use Free as in freedom software.


reference:http://www.ask.com/questions-about/Google's-Business-Model

2. What do you think are the major privacy concerns raised by Google's business model and applications?
-Google reported, for example, that a bug in Google Docs had allowed unintended access to some private documents. It was believed that 0.05% of all documents stored via the service were affected by the bug. Google claims the bug has now been fixed.

3. Do you think Google has taken adequate measures to protect its user's privacy? Explain your answer.
-Google states, “We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends, such as how people search.”Cookies were initially thought to be only accessible by the website that held the cookies; however, with increased advertising technology and cookies  provided by these companies, information from cookies can be attained by those who want it. A detailed description of what different IP addresses search for can be created by Google. This practice does not respect the rights of informational privacy for Google users.


reference: http://www.ethicapublishing.com/ethical/3CH15.pdf