Providence reaches deal regarding stolen data
July 17th, 2008
Seattle-based Providence Health & Services has agreed to pay $100,000 and take corrective action under an agreement with HHS that resolves potential violations of...
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Web Ad Co. CEO Admits Customers Might Not Know Of Tracking
July 17th, 2008
The chief executive of an Internet advertising start- up admitted Thursday that his firm could track peoples’ activity on multiple Web sites without their...
Security breach puts Greensboro Gynecology patients’ personal information at risk
July 15th, 2008
Patients at a Greensboro doctor’s office have been notified that their personal information – including Social Security numbers and addresses – was stolen in...
Electronic records help doctors, patients work together
July 15th, 2008
When Jesus Saavedra sits down with his doctor, his vital signs – taken just moments before – are displayed on a computer monitor in...
Criminal HIPAA case targets employee, not clinic, for breach
July 14th, 2008
Still, legal experts warn of state civil liabilities for physician practices in such situations.
The latest HIPAA criminal case may signal more aggressive efforts by...
Take Two Hackers and VoIP me in the Morning
July 11th, 2008
With over 10,000 magazines published in the US, I rarely have time to read all of them. But I do make an effort to...
Shifts in Health Information
July 10th, 2008
To the Editor: In their Sounding Board article on shifts in health information, Mandl and Kohane (April 17 issue)1 observe that “companies providing PCHRs...
Justice Breyer Is Among Victims in Data Breach Caused by File Sharing
July 9th, 2008
Sometime late last year, an employee of a McLean investment firm decided to trade some music, or maybe a movie, with like-minded users of...
Congress Opens Debate on Behavioral Advertising
July 9th, 2008
On Capitol Hill today, two opposing sides fired the first shots in what promises to be a heated debate over whether or not Internet...
Removing health IT barriers
July 7th, 2008
“It appears that the AMA has decided to eliminate its long-standing ethical policy of requiring consent before use and disclosure of health information. This...