Have a right to privacy?

As we to electronic health records (EHR) move, always be debates about security and privacy more frequently and more poignant. Of course we have HIPAA laws on the books and ONC has a tiger team privacy and security policies to recommend Secretary Sebelius. CIOs and the entire IT departments are all focused on the protection of privacy of the patient and their personal health information (PHI). Is this of course, as it should be, but how about the privacy of patient care? Have a right to privacy to doctors?

How EHRs are more widespread and connected is growing clinical and administrative data from the doctors Office sand in the beyond are flow.Most of this data is indeed patient information, but some of them could be combined, sliced and diced very extensive information about doctors ableiten.Zum example, and in no particular order:

Prescribing patterns

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