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...
September 9th, 2008
With Congress looking to wrap up its legislative year, industry and nonprofit groups that have pushed for passage of legislation to create a nationwide...
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....
June 12th, 2008
“The concept is wonderful, but because we have absolutely no control over personal health information in electronic form, they’re very dangerous,” Peel says. “There’s...
June 4th, 2008
Dr. Deborah Peel, founder and chair of Patient Privacy Rights and leader of the bipartisan Coalition for Patient Privacy testifies today before the House...
June 1st, 2008
People with behavioral health problems may be particularly sensitive about having their health information shared
During the past decade, behavioral healthcare has seen the advent...
May 13th, 2008
The Coalition for Patient Privacy and 25 of its member organizations are asking Congress not to pass an e-prescribing mandate unless it includes provisions...
April 12th, 2008
Child advocates seek regulatory guidelines to prevent Internet firms from gathering sensitive information.
A coalition of medical groups and child advocates called Friday for guidelines...
April 3rd, 2008
Senate and industry leaders met on Capitol Hill Wednesday to push a healthcare IT bill that came close to passing by special vote last...
November 1st, 2007
It’s been a month abuzz with George Clooney. You know who he is the I’m-not-a doctor-but-I-used-to-play-one-on-TV guy. He was pre-McDreamy handsome as Dr. Doug...
