Privacy concerns halt DNA database
August 28th, 2008
The National Institutes of Health quietly blocked public access to databases of patient DNA profiles after learning of a study that found the genetic...
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New oversight, stiffer penalties approved for snooping into patient records
August 27th, 2008
Alarmed by breaches in which UCLA Medical Center employees snooped in the confidential records of celebrities including Britney Spears, Farrah Fawcett and California First...
Three Pilot Projects to Receive Grants from the Washington State Health Care Authority Totaling $1.7 Million
August 20th, 2008
“The state Legislature charged HCA in 2005 and 2007 with the responsibility to improve information sharing for Washington’s health care communities,” said Steve Hill,...
Lively Debate at HIPAA Summit at Harvard
August 19th, 2008
“It’s working, but it’s got a ways to go,” suggests William Braithwaite, chief medical officer of San Diego-based security and identity management company Anakam....
Administration News | HHS Office Resolves More Than Half of HIPAA Complaints Without Investigation
August 19th, 2008
An HHS office has resolved more than half of complaints about possible violations of the medical privacy rule issued after the passage of the...
Medical privacy law fails to stop snooping
August 17th, 2008
When Jill went to her doctor two years ago for an operation on her uterus, she didn’t expect that details of her problem would...
A Social Network for Your Doctor, Pharmacist and Insurer
August 16th, 2008
Imagine a virtual health clinic: Your lung doctor and heart specialist can pull up your online medical profile and chat, via instant messenger, about...
A plea for using smart consent tools
August 13th, 2008
Dear Editor: Your story, ‘Banking on Health IT’ (Government Health IT, July 28, 2008) gives a great overview of the health banking concept as...
Key to diagnosis info on e-Rx is that it’s optional
August 13th, 2008
- In response to Joseph Conn’s two-part series (Access parts one and two) on policies regarding diagnosis on electronic prescriptions:
It is true that the...
Some Web Firms Say They Track Behavior Without Explicit Consent
August 12th, 2008
Several Internet and broadband companies have acknowledged using targeted-advertising technology without explicitly informing customers, according to letters released yesterday by the House Energy and...