{"id":147726,"date":"2019-04-17T05:45:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T10:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=147726"},"modified":"2019-04-17T05:57:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T10:57:15","slug":"ictp-051-community-chat-electronic-health-records-disaster-resilience-right-digital-privacy-data-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2019\/04\/ictp-051-community-chat-electronic-health-records-disaster-resilience-right-digital-privacy-data-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"ICTP 051:  Community Chat on electronic health records, disaster resilience and the right to digital privacy and data protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In this Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Shoshannah Richards and Rishi Maharaj, the panel discusses:\u00a0 electronic health records and disaster resilience; and individuals\u2019 right to digital privacy and data protection.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/607191696&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>This episode is also available in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ict-pulse-podcast\/id1373550291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple iTunes<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/ict-pulse-podcast?refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stitcher<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>sIf there is a single word that could capture the common attitude of today&#8217;s culture, it would be \u2018convenience\u2019. Increasingly we are demanding not to be \u2018inconvenienced\u2019. We want thing when and where we want or need them, and without us having to jump through (too many) hoops to get them done. To that end, much is possible in the digital space.<\/p>\n<p>The demand for convenience is also growing in the Caribbean region \u2013 across a broad range of sectors, and with respect to the provision of goods and services. One of the areas that is in the early stages of experiencing a digital transformation is patient care and the wider healthcare systems, through a growing thrust on the digitisation of health records.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_147729\" style=\"width: 323px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147729\" data-attachment-id=\"147729\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2019\/04\/ictp-051-community-chat-electronic-health-records-disaster-resilience-right-digital-privacy-data-protection\/shoshannahrichards_headshot-s-richards\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ShoshannahRichards_Headshot-S-Richards.jpg?fit=640%2C511&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,511\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1521203148&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ShoshannahRichards_Headshot (S Richards)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Shoshannah Richards&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ShoshannahRichards_Headshot-S-Richards.jpg?fit=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ShoshannahRichards_Headshot-S-Richards.jpg?fit=640%2C511&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-147729\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ShoshannahRichards_Headshot-S-Richards.jpg?resize=313%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ShoshannahRichards_Headshot-S-Richards.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ShoshannahRichards_Headshot-S-Richards.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-147729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shoshannah Richards<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>The creation of electronic health records, and its importance in disaster resilience<\/em><\/strong>, is where our Community Chat for April 2019 begins, with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shoshannahrichards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shoshannah Richards<\/a><\/strong> leading that discussion. Shoshannah is Jamaican and a recent Fellow of the DO School, which is headquartered in Germany, where she focussed on social entrepreneurship and digital media consulting.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of a disaster, access to the health records of citizens and patients, can be crucial in the effort to still provide adequate care under exigent circumstances. Shoshannah is of the view that the preparations made in anticipation of a disaster, facilitate the actions that can occur in its aftermath. She is thus of the view that the availability of electronic health records is crucial in improving the Caribbean\u2019s disaster resilience, as it relates to healthcare management, and should be part of a country\u2019s emergency management framework.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_147728\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147728\" data-attachment-id=\"147728\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2019\/04\/ictp-051-community-chat-electronic-health-records-disaster-resilience-right-digital-privacy-data-protection\/rishi-maharaj-r-maharaj\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rishi-Maharaj-R-Maharaj.jpg?fit=513%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"513,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Kerwyn Mahato&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T3i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1439047133&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rishi Maharaj (R Maharaj)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rishi Maharaj&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rishi-Maharaj-R-Maharaj.jpg?fit=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rishi-Maharaj-R-Maharaj.jpg?fit=513%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-147728\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rishi-Maharaj-R-Maharaj.jpg?resize=227%2C284&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rishi-Maharaj-R-Maharaj.jpg?w=513&amp;ssl=1 513w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rishi-Maharaj-R-Maharaj.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-147728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rishi Maharaj<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Although not planned, the discussion on electronic health records segued well into our second topic on individuals\u2019<strong><em> right to digital privacy and data protection<\/em><\/strong>, which was tabled by our second Community Chat guest, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rishi-maharaj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rishi Maharaj<\/a><\/strong>. Rishi is the Executive Director of the EquiGov Institute, which is based in Trinidad and Tobago. The EquiGov Institute is a consulting and training firm that specialises in among other things, data privacy; public and private sector governance; whistleblowing, and monitoring and evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), there has been a growing demand by countries worldwide\u00a0 and by individuals for greater clarity and control over the privacy of their data, and the protection it is given. However, and although there seems be an increased awareness of digital privacy and data protection across the region with several Caribbean countries in the process of establishing data protection frameworks, Rishi is concerned that there are still some major deficiencies. Moreover, these gaps are evident in both the public and private sectors across the Caribbean region, and are discussed during the course of the segment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We would love to hear your thoughts!<\/p>\n<p>Do leave us a comment either here beneath this article, or on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ICTPulse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ict-pulse-consulting-limited\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0pages, or via Twitter,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICTPulse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>@ICTPulse<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Select links<\/h3>\n<p>Below are links to some of the organisations and resources that either were mentioned during the episode, or otherwise, might be useful:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shoshannahrichards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shoshannah Richards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rishi-maharaj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Rishi Maharaj<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/equigov.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EquiGov Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiswebnet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advanced Integrated Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiswebnet.com\/about-us\/management-team\/douglas-mca-halsall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Douglas Halsall<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhwi.gov.jm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University Hospital of the West Indies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iadb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inter-American Development Bank<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gdpr-info.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General Data Protection Regulations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/series\/cambridge-analytica-files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cambridge Analytica<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Trinidad and Tobago Newsday article, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/2019\/03\/27\/the-data-protection-dilemma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The data protection dilemma<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Covington article, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insideprivacy.com\/international\/brazils-new-general-data-privacy-law-follows-gdpr-provisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brazil\u2019s New General Data Privacy Law Follows GDPR Provisions<\/a> <\/em><\/li>\n<li>International Association of Privacy Professionals article, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/iapp.org\/news\/a\/changes-to-brazils-data-protection-law-and-the-establishment-of-the-dpa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Changes to Brazil&#8217;s data protection law and the establishment of the DPA<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>ICT Pulse article, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2FA2y2H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thanks to mobile phones and social media, are we becoming spectators in our own lives?<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Forbes article, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kashmirhill\/2012\/02\/16\/how-target-figured-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did\/#3aaae6f66686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>The Economist article, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/open-future\/2019\/01\/21\/we-need-to-own-our-data-as-a-human-right-and-be-compensated-for-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We need to own our data as a human right\u2014and be compensated for it<\/a> <\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/right-to-be-forgotten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Right to be forgotten<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credits:\u00a0 Baohm (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixabay.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pixabay<\/a>); S Richards; R Maharaj<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Music credit:\u00a0 Ray Holman<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Shoshannah Richards and Rishi Maharaj, the panel discusses:\u00a0 electronic health records and disaster resilience; and individuals\u2019 right to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[355],"tags":[71,38,96,330,273,359,41,15],"class_list":["post-147726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-businesses","tag-data-protection","tag-digital-identity","tag-digital-transformation","tag-disastersemergencies","tag-panel-discussion","tag-privacy","tag-trends","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Microphone-recording-audio-Baohm-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2iE1G-CqG","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147726"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147764,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147726\/revisions\/147764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}