by KYW’s Lynne Adkins
As more health care records are kept on the computer, patients must do their part in keeping that information protected.
Medical identity theft is a growing problem as more records are kept online. Dr. Laurinda Harman, Chair of health information management at Temple University says you can keep an eye on your information by requesting copies of your medical records and carefully reading all bills.
“If in fact the bill says that we've authorized you to get your wheel chair or a certain drug or a certain surgical procedure, whatever the bill says, if the patient didn't have that done it could be a clue that medical identity theft has occurred.”
She says medical identity theft could endanger economic and physical health if the wrong information is entered into your medical records.
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