Trust but Verify and Trust but Fork
I have enjoyed participating in the National Dialogue about Health IT. One of the challenges put forward to my suggestion that decision makers should insist on FOSS in Health IT, was the following...
View ArticleThe Burden of Trust
Hi, I am a vocal participant on the NHIN Direct Security and Trust working group. Its a perfect place for me. I love Open Source healthcare, but my background was in InfoSec… and we never really forget...
View ArticleThe Power of Push
Hi, The NHIN Direct network has been criticized for lacking relevance for health information exchange. Specifically, Latanya Sweeney has submitted testimony to congress which has nothing good to say...
View ArticleResponding to Sweeney
I am again discussing the privacy comments from Dr. Latanya Sweeney. She testified to Congress that both the NHIN CONNECT and NHIN Direct security models where flawed. Figure 2(b) summarizes concerns...
View ArticleSharks, Bees and Privacy
Hi, I am happy to announce that my new article on healthcare privacy and interoperability has been accepted in the Journal of Participatory Medicine. I am not against privacy in healthcare, but I am...
View ArticleClintons Server Politifact
Most of the time that I spend as a security-wonk is focused on email security. This is due almost entirely to my involvement as one of the architects of the Direct Project, which is a specification for...
View ArticleFacebook and Healthcare data, the contrarian view.
Recently, I read an article that Facebook had been considering partnering with hospitals to connect their social data with the hospitals’ patient data in order to provide improved services to patients....
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