Genomes: Behold or Beware

December 9th, 2008
Patients whose physicians “collaborate” with genetic testing corporations should beware. Today, Navigenics and all genetic testing businesses can legally sell genomic data. There is...

Google Flu Trends spreads privacy concern

December 9th, 2008
Google’s new Flu Trends tool, which collects and analyzes search queries to predict flu outbreaks around the country, is raising concern with privacy groups....

Senate gets early start on health reform plan

December 8th, 2008
Sens. Baucus and Kennedy are working with a bipartisan group on the goal of moving a consensus bill through the Senate next year. Washington —...

Putting data breach genie back in bottle? Good luck

December 8th, 2008
A little more than a week ago, retail store operator TJX settled a class-action suit filed over the theft of 45.7 million credit and...

Physician network to use genomic-based preventive healthcare

December 8th, 2008
MDVIP, Inc., a national network of physicians based in Boca Raton, Fla., is collaborating with a personal genomics testing company in an effort to...

Med-record-release business still trumping EHRs

December 8th, 2008
Electronic health-record systems (EHR) won’t put an end to the ROI (Release of Information) business any time soon due to the still low levels...

Are your medical records secure?

December 7th, 2008
You might expect health-care providers and insurance companies to use the best security measures to keep your medical information private. But a national expert on...

Letters: Which Way Privacy?

December 7th, 2008
Re “You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. Should You Care?” (Nov. 30): The article concluded with the director of the M.I.T.Center for Collective Intelligence as saying: “For...

Security Fix

December 6th, 2008
Digging Deeper Into the CheckFree Attack The hijacking of the nation’s largest e-bill payment system this week offers a glimpse of an attack that experts...

Blues plan to help overhaul U.S. healthcare with healthcare IT

December 5th, 2008
BCBS proposes to Obama transition team a 5 point plan for employer based health IT system. BCBS contends that President-elect Obama’s plan to build reform...