International Media Reports of Breaches in Electronic Health Records and Other Ethical Concerns

• UNC's health record breach raises questions about the safety of EHR
• October 02, 2009
• http://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10377/?lang=en
• Griffin Hospital reports breach of dozens of patient medical records
• March 30, 2010
• http://www.allbusiness.com/health-care/medical-records/14204928-1.html
•  Virus blamed for EHR breach in Canada
• July 9, 2009
• http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/virus-blamed-ehr-breach-canada
• Canada fumbles health data in security breach
• November 26, 2007
• http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Canada-Fumbles-Health-Data-in-Security-Breach/
•  Disgruntled hacker sentenced to five years
• June 20, 2008
• http://www.scmagazineus.com/disgruntled-hacker-sentenced-to-five-years/article/111506/
• Personal health information privacy
• Provides many examples of international breaches of both paper and electronic health records
• http://www.phiprivacy.net/
• Digital health records open ethical issues
• August 27, 2010
• http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Digital+health+records+open+ethical+issues/3448496/story.html