“ The idea that you have medical privacy is a myth , ” in the connected world of medical devices , EHRs and healthcare IoT , according to health technology analyst Skip Smith , speaking at the Health Summit . Recent cybersecurity attacks aimed at healthcare institutions have shown that the lack of patient privacy is not restricted to your medical data remaining in the hands of healthcare providers . Speaking at the same conference , Qualcomm Life CMO , Dr . Mault , dismissed the hype and said : " The truth is you have no access to your own data . One panelist, making the point that even de-identified data could be matched, referenced an earlier session in which a cancer hospital had successfully identified patients’ de-identified data after matching it with CMS data. You have greater access to your credit card history than your health records [ ... ] We are never going to have a system where the risk is zero ” .
“ The idea that you have medical privacy is a myth , ” in the connected world of medical devices , EHRs and healthcare IoT , according to health technology analyst Skip Smith , speaking at the Health Summit . Recent cybersecurity attacks aimed at healthcare institutions have shown that the lack of patient privacy is not restricted to your medical data remaining in the hands of healthcare providers . Speaking at the same conference , Qualcomm Life CMO , Dr . Mault , dismissed the hype and said : " The truth is you have no access to your own data . You have greater access to your credit card history than your health records [ ... ] We are never going to have a system where the risk is zero ” .