Most health IT systems were built either in ignorance or defiance of both medical ethics and the very strong laws in every state requiring informed consent before sensitive personal health information is disclosed.
When a coalition of technology companies, insurers and health care providers launched a $100 million project last month to provide free electronic prescribing software to every physician in the United States, it was greeted with cheers.
Americans must have medical privacy protections to trust a high-tech national health system.
