Yaya Amincin Bayanan Likitan Ku na Lantarki?

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Akwai fa'idodi da yawa don yin dijital idan ya zo ga lafiyar ku. A gaskiya ma, kashi 56 cikin dari na likitocin da suka yi amfani da bayanan likitancin lantarki sun ba da kulawa mafi kyau fiye da waɗanda ke amfani da takardun takarda, bisa ga wani bincike a cikin Jaridar Magungunan Cikin Gida. Kuma bayanan dijital suna ba ku ƙarin iko a matsayin mai haƙuri: Aikace -aikace kamar Apple Health, My Medical App, ko Hello Doctor suna sanya shafuka akan magunguna, alƙawura, da gwajin jini, gami da barcin ku, abinci, da halayen motsa jiki.

Amma kuna iya yin taka-tsan-tsan da abin da kuke nema akan layi: Zazzage wasu gidajen yanar gizo yana jefa sirrin lafiyar ku cikin haɗari, in ji masu bincike a Makarantar Sadarwa ta Jami'ar Annenberg. Binciken da suka yi na shafukan yanar gizo na kiwon lafiya 80,000 ya nuna cewa tara daga cikin 10 da aka ziyarta a waɗannan shafuka ya haifar da raba bayanan lafiyar mutum tare da wasu kamfanoni kamar masu tallace-tallace da masu tattara bayanai.

Yadda kuke Saka Bayanan Kiwon Lafiyarku cikin Hadari

Ana firgita akan duk abubuwan da ka yi Googled a cikin tashin hankali na hypochondria? Mu ma. Ga abin da wannan bayanan na iya nufi: Idan kana WebMDing wasu cututtuka-ce ciwon sukari ko nono - sunanka zai iya zama alaka da bincikenka a cikin rumbun adana bayanai mallakar kamfanoni da ke ƙarƙashin 'yan kaɗan, idan kowace doka. Tim Libert, dalibin digiri na uku kuma jagoran masu bincike kan aikin. "Babu wasu ka'idoji na hakika kan kare wannan bayanan, don haka damar da barayi za su samu ya haura yawan kamfanonin da ke karba."

Akwai Wani Abu Lafiya?

Libert ya ce "Duk lokacin da aka adana bayanai akan kwamfutar da aka haɗa da Intanet akwai wasu haɗarin-bayan haka, akwai masu aikata laifuka da yawa a can waɗanda ke rayuwa a sata na ainihi," in ji Libert. "Duk da haka, bayanan da Dokar Kula da Inshorar Lafiya ta Tarayya ta 1996 (HIPAA) ta ƙunshi, wanda ya haɗa da bayanan likita daga ofishin likitocin ku da kamfanin inshora, ana buƙatar amfani da kariya mai ƙarfi don hana masu satar bayanai. Sabanin haka, bayanan da aka tattara akan yanar gizo Browser na masu talla kamar Google da dillalan bayanai sun saba wa doka. Dole ne mu amince da wadannan kamfanoni don yin aiki mai kyau." Abin takaici, hatta dokokin HIPAA da alama sun isa su hana masu satar bayanan shiga. A cikin watan da ya gabata, wasu manyan kamfanonin kiwon lafiya biyu sun ba da rahoton kutse bayanan da suka fallasa bayanan likitancin miliyoyin kwastomomi.

Me ya sa? HIPAA bai fayyace ainihin fasahar da ake buƙata don kariya ba. A cikin gaggawa don shiga shekarun dijital (gwamnatin tarayya tana ba da tallafin kuɗi don yin hakan), asibitoci da likitoci a wasu lokuta suna amfani da software na kariya wanda bai isa ba, yana haifar da matsaloli fiye da yadda yake warwarewa, in ji Scot M. Silverstein, MD, marubucin mai gyara Lafiya Sabunta blog. "Yayin da tsarin kwamfuta da wasu fannonin kamar masana'antar harhada magunguna ke amfani da su ana buƙatar yin gwaji mai tsanani a ƙarƙashin kulawar gwamnati kafin a yi amfani da su, babu wani abu makamancin haka don bayanan lafiyar lantarki," in ji Silverstein. "Yana da mahimmanci a kafa kulawa mai ma'ana ga masana'antar don tabbatar da cewa muna amfani da ingantattun software waɗanda ke da aminci da inganci."

Har sai lokacin, mayar da lafiyar ku a hannunku. (Ba kan layi ba ne kawai yankin da ke damun sirrin lafiyar ku. Nawa ne bayanin lafiyar ku ya kamata ku bayyana a wurin aiki?)

1. Zazzage abubuwan karawa.

Har sai majalisa ta tashi don tabbatar da dokokin sirrin lafiya kamar HIPAA sun rufe duk bayanan-lafiya akan yanar gizo, hana raba bayanin ku tare da wasu kamfanoni yayin ziyartar gidajen yanar gizon lafiya. Gwada add-ons na mai lilo. "Ghostery da Adblock Plus suna aiki da kyau kuma suna iya toshe wasu, amma ba duka ba, na ɓoyayyun masu bin diddigin da ke tattara bayanan mai amfani," in ji Libert.

2. Manta Wi-Fi na jama'a.

"Kantin kofi na gida ba shine wurin yin abubuwa masu mahimmanci a kan kwamfutarka ba," in ji Libert. "Waɗannan cibiyoyin sadarwa na buɗe ba sa buƙatar kalmomin shiga, waɗanda za su iya haifar da sauƙin shigarwa ga masu satar bayanai."

3. Yi bitar bayanan ku.

"Ku shiga cikin asusunku akai-akai, musamman bayan ko kafin ziyarar likita, don tabbatar da cewa duk bayanan da likitanku ke da su a cikin ku cikakke ne," in ji Silverstein.

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