IBM: No-go for genetic screening
October 10th, 2005
IBM, the world’s largest computer maker, pledged Monday not to use genetic data to screen employees and applicants in what it said was the...
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I.B.M. to Put Genetic Data of Workers Off Limits
October 10th, 2005
As concerns grow that genetic information could become a modern tool of discrimination, I.B.M. plans to announce a new work force privacy policy today.
I.B.M., the...
To Find a Doctor, Mine the Data
September 22nd, 2005
Now that millions of consumers are surfing the Web to research their own medical symptoms, many are taking the next step: comparison-shopping online for...
Health Records Of Evacuees Go Online
September 14th, 2005
The federal government is making medical information on Hurricane Katrina evacuees available online to doctors, the first time private records from various pharmacies and...
Katrina Shows Need to Computerize Records
September 13th, 2005
One oncologist evacuated flooded New Orleans clutching a laptop computer with some patients’ records, another threw some paper charts in her truck on the...
Commissioners Selected for American Health Information Community
September 13th, 2005
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today selected 16 commissioners to serve on the American Health Information Community (the Community), a federally-chartered commission charged with advising...
Pricey Therapy
August 30th, 2005
As Brooke Shields testifies in her recent memoir, into many a postpartum life a little rain must fall. And evidently, a little Tom Cruise as...
Medicare Law Prompts a Rush for Lobbyists
August 23rd, 2005
The new Medicare law has touched off explosive growth in lobbying by the health care industry, whose spending on advocacy here far exceeds that...
Bush signs bill creating electronic prescription monitoring
August 12th, 2005
President Bush signed into law a bill to create electronic monitoring programs to prevent the abuse of prescription drugs in all 50 states.
The new...
Medical software from feds could benefit big health care
August 8th, 2005
Some IT managers at large health care organizations are delighted that the federal government plans to offer its electronic health records (EHR) software to...