Politicians get a very bitter taste of the very same medicine they ' ve forced onto clinicians and the public

This is a case of education - I hope - by fire on electronic information security, and why " going electronic " can be a risky business.  This is a lesson deeply needed by our government leadership who have been pushing an unfettered national rollout of electronic medical records systems, despite known and exploited security concerns of EHRs, among other concerns discussed at this blog.I ' ve written dozens of posts, just based on casual searches of news, illustrating breaches of healthcare information technology security and privacy of information, as have others focusing primarily on these issues such as Patient Privacy Rights DOT org (https://patientprivacyrights.org/).  Examples of my own occasional posts in this domain are at query links such as:http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/search/label/medical%20record%20confidentialityhttp://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/search/label/medical%20record%20privacyhttp://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/search/label/computer%20securityOur wise political leaders, however, have been pushing this technology, despite its numerous drawbacks  - full steam ahead - on clinicians and patients, now under the gun of Medicare payment cuts for " refuseniks. "Now, the political leadership has just gotten a bitter taste of the dish they ' ve been serving up:Hacker releases cell phone numbers, personal emails of House DemocratsBy Daniella Diaz, CNNUpdated 4:04 PM ET, Sat August 13, 2016http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/12/politics/guccifer-2-0-hacker-dnc-dccc...
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