Yesterday, I wrote about the most recent privacy problem to emerge from Alberta, Canada.  The Alberta health department, long considered a leader in moving medical records online, admitted that a virus had possibly stolen over 11,000 medical records.  The political/public-relations side of a privacy crisis is always intensely interesting and this crisis is no different.  In response to the latest problem to emerge from Alberta, another province (which is also leading the way to putting our medical records online) chimed in to say that their records are completely safe.

Deanna Allen, a spokesperson for eHealth Ontario, told the Toronto Sun that her organization is, "fully patched for all five known variants of this virus."  Allen also reassured Ontario-ans (is that a word?) that eHealth has "a bevy of staff charged with keeping information secure and updates its protections routinely."

Do you live in a province/state which has begun moving its health records online?  What does your province/state do to keep your records safe?  And do you feel safe knowing that your medical records are online?