Harvard’s Data Privacy Lab Launching HRB

April 17th, 2012
A Member of the PPR Board of Directors leads a Health Record Bank project putting patient's in control of who sees their health information.

Re: Utah’s Medical Privacy Breach – Nearing 1 Million!

April 11th, 2012
How can we expect to move forward with electronic health records when privacy and security are not coming first? Encryption was just one reason...

Re: Genetic Bar Code Search – Finding People in Huge Gene Pools

April 9th, 2012
Even without having the DNA... Could it find you?

Health privacy issues can be resolved without obstructing care

April 9th, 2012
Issues with patient privacy today are significant but not insurmountable.

PPR Founder Interviewed – America in the Balance

March 14th, 2012
Deborah Peel discusses health care in the United States, and how privacy needs to come first for any health care system to succeed.

Re: BCBS Breach in Tennessee

March 14th, 2012
OCR of HHS slapped the wrist of BCBS of Tennessee, but should have done much, much more.

Re: Pres. Obama appoints Todd Park nation’s CTO

March 9th, 2012
Will the new Chief Technology Officer take action to return privacy to the forefront of health technology?

Re: Offense must be the new defense, RSA chief says

February 29th, 2012
ALL IT systems are or will be compromised. That includes health IT systems.

PPR in the Wall Street Journal

February 27th, 2012
Winning the Debate Against Unique Patient Identifiers

Re: Sizing Up the Family Gene Pool

February 26th, 2012
Genetic testing companies sell people's test results.