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		<title>Is Google Strong-Arming the Feds to Allow Sale of Health Information?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/01/27/is-google-strong-arming-the-feds-to-allow-sale-of-health-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For several years now, I&#8217;ve sounded the warning bells &#8212; stay away from those websites that allow you to put your own health records online for free&#8230;. You can&#8217;t imagine how much grief I&#8217;ve taken for that statement.  Especially when I point out that organizations like the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic are actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Electronic Medical Records and Privacy &#8211; Oil and Water</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/01/22/electronic-medical-records-and-privacy-oil-and-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written many times before about electronic medical records, personal health records and privacy.  They can&#8217;t effectively be used in the same sentence unless you bring up oil and water, too.  They just don&#8217;t mix. An incident right here in my office spawned this post.  Twice in the past week, a stranger&#8217;s medical records have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some January Healthcare Thought-Provokers</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/01/09/some-january-healthcare-thought-provokers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not sure what it looks like where you live, but it&#8217;s cold outside where I live in Upstate NY, and we&#8217;ve got plenty of the white stuff on the ground. Whereas some friends might curl up with a good book, I tend to gravitate to puzzles and thought provokers when I&#8217;m indoors and have some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Daschle Really Interested in Our Ideas for Healthcare Reform?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/12/18/is-daschle-really-interested-in-our-ideas-for-healthcare-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/12/18/is-daschle-really-interested-in-our-ideas-for-healthcare-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was excited to hear that the new secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Daschle, was reaching out to the American people for input on what a reformed healthcare system would look like. Imagine &#8212; asking the people who must participate. What a unique and exciting concept! That was&#8230; until I actually went to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Need a Same Day Doctor Appointment?  Can&#8217;t Make It Happen?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/12/09/need-a-same-day-doctor-appointment-cant-make-it-happen/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/12/09/need-a-same-day-doctor-appointment-cant-make-it-happen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=673</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seven out of ten of the people who read this post will nod their heads in understanding. You&#8217;re sick, or you hurt. You need to see your primary care doctor as soon as possible. You call to make an appointment, in hopes you&#8217;ll be seen within the next few hours &#8212; but NO. Not gonna [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Healthy De-Cancered Patients</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/10/31/two-healthy-de-cancered-patients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[De-cancered &#8212; a good word, isn&#8217;t it?  Look at these two faces &#8212; they look quite healthy, don&#8217;t you think? Well &#8212; they most certainly are &#8212; quite healthy, despite the chemo both faced prior to proving neither one had the cancer she was diagnosed with. What this photo doesn&#8217;t show, is the emotion behind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Been Diagnosed with Cancer?  Are You Sure the Diagnosis is Correct?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/09/23/have-you-been-diagnosed-with-cancer-are-you-sure-the-diagnosis-is-correct/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/09/23/have-you-been-diagnosed-with-cancer-are-you-sure-the-diagnosis-is-correct/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=581</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I received my cancer diagnosis in 2004, and proved I didn&#8217;t really have cancer at all, it was the first time I had ever heard or known about that form of misdiagnosis. It&#8217;s backwards from those we hear about more frequently.  Most of the time we hear about a &#8220;missed diagnosis&#8221; &#8212; meaning someone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrong Site Surgery &#8212; What Happens Next?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/09/18/wrong-site-surgery-what-happens-next/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/09/18/wrong-site-surgery-what-happens-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t usually write about local or state news because my work is really more broad than that &#8212; however &#8212; an article in my local newspaper about a local hospital and wrong-site surgery just begged for some additional information! Wrong site surgery &#8212; a &#8220;never event&#8221; that takes place an estimated 100 &#8211; 200 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guerrilla Patienting:  Getting the Healthcare You Need</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/07/28/guerrilla-patienting-getting-the-healthcare-you-need/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/07/28/guerrilla-patienting-getting-the-healthcare-you-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I spoke to a group of payers &#8212; health insurance executives, Medicare and Medicaid representatives &#8212; and shared with them the many ways in which we patients feel the American healthcare system is failing us. The points I made came from you &#8212; my readers &#8212; from the many stories you have shared [...]]]></description>
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