On The Eighth Day Of Privacy, Health Care Systems (Over)Shared Data

When is "sharing" too much of a good thing?  And will it get worse for health care systems in 2015?  Read on.....

Data sharing has become a point of sharp focus in the efforts to improve the quality and efficiency of health services in the United States.  Given all that has happened in health care privacy (e.g., higher than ever penalties under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the involvement of more government agencies in the enforcement of privacy violations), next year promises to be an important one for health care and privacy, particularly for integrated health care systems.

So what are the challenges that integrated health care systems should anticipate in 2015 and beyond as they try to streamline the fragmented care model that has dominated for so long in the United States?   Here are the five ghosts of privacy's future that will continue to haunt our clients: