Engarde!!!

I promise that I won't dwell on this issue but this morning there was an ABC News article (here) that briefly reviews cyber attacks on Sony, Sega, Citibank, Lockheed Martin, the U.S.Senate & the CIA public website.  Sen. Susan Collins (D-Maine) is quoted as saying that "...the computer systems of the Executive Branch agencies and the Congress were probed or attacked an average of 1.8 billion times per month last year (italics added)."

There will probably be EMR/EHR systems that are well-protected and others that will be more vulnerable.  It's an ongoing battle.  When the hacks are supported by governments they've even been referred to as acts of war.  So, I think that we can expect there to be hacks of health care information. But there are many levels to this fight and even if a system is illegally entered the information within can be coded so as to make any use of the information difficult.  That is the goal:  Make it as difficult as possible and track and find those responsible. But we're not going to be able to prevent all of the hacks.