Health Transformation Blog
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Identity Management at WoHIT 2008
Visiting the World of Health IT in Copenhagen (4-6 November 2008) I could not hear any new steps, ideas or visions in the identity management arena. Viviane Reding, European Commissioner, DG Information Society and Media Belgium. Dr Ilias Iakovidis PhD Deputy Head of Unit ICT for Health, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission Belgium and Karin Johansson, State Secretary to the Minister for Health and Social Affairs, Sweden all talked about the important EC/EU …
PHR Consumer Labels
Given current trends, it appears that PHRs (Personal Health Records) will continue to proliferate as healthcare providers (government sponsored health, commercial providers, retail clinics, health insurance providers, etc.) all offer PHRs as health information portals to their patients/beneficiaries. That’s great, but how will the individuals know which PHR service will be better at protecting their privacy or delivering better information services? There is a clear need for some guidance for PHR selection/participation. There are numerous …




