August 1st, 2008
Additional action on a bill (S 1693) that would create a national electronic health records system likely will be delayed until after Congress’ August...
August 1st, 2008
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has proposed to give all Minnesotans access to an online personal health portfolio by 2011.
As the first step in this...
August 1st, 2008
Closing arguments are scheduled today in Brattleboro, Vt., capping a weeklong federal bench trial that pits the state of Vermont against the pharmaceutical industry...
July 31st, 2008
Full implementation of networked e-health records in U.S. doctors’ offices and hospitals could cost around $150 billion over eight years, a California professor told...
July 30th, 2008
An attorney who represents Oakland police officers is working to find out who leaked medical information about a police trainee, and said Wednesday that...
July 30th, 2008
The idea of building health record banks to provide simple and secure access to communities’ personal health records is at least a decade old....
July 29th, 2008
Several organizations asked the American Health Information Community today to expand its scope and mesh data standards for medical research with its work on...
July 29th, 2008
Insurance benefit letters sent to wrong addresses by Blue Cross and Blue Shield reveal claim histories, open door to ID theft.
Georgia’s largest health insurer...
July 29th, 2008
Federal agencies are encrypting sensitive data on only 30 percent of their laptop PCs and other devices, leaving the rest vulnerable to data loss...
July 29th, 2008
The move to get doctors to file prescriptions electronically is gathering steam and may get a further boost from new Medicare rules that give...
