June 22nd, 2007
Author’s note: On Tuesday, in testimony before a congressional oversight committee hearing, the Government Accountability Office criticized the lack of progress by HHS and...
June 21st, 2007
In an update of a January report, the Government Accountability Office has again criticized HHS for failing to have an integrated approach to developing...
May 15th, 2007
(Part two of a two-part series) Psychiatrist Deborah Peel has become an outspoken advocate for patient privacy rights, founding the Austin, Texas-based not-for-profit Patient...
April 29th, 2007
Maine wants to ban the data mining and sale of identifiable prescription records to drug companies. It’s about time. But marketing to doctors is...
April 2nd, 2007
Advocates, legislators gear up for battle in the fight to keep genetic information, testing secure from employers, insurers.
Carolina Hinestrosa was 35 when she beat...
March 28th, 2007
The American Medical Association (AMA) today expressed support for advancing health information technology (HIT) in physician offices, while urging Congress to make privacy and...
March 23rd, 2007
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today outlined a course for achieving gene-based medical care combined with health information technology, which he called “Personalized Health Care.”...
February 19th, 2007
When a coalition of technology companies, insurers and health care providers launched a $100 million project last month to provide free electronic prescribing software...
February 19th, 2007
Health IT remains a bipartisan issue, but with Democrats now in charge on Capitol Hill, the rush for national health IT legislation is on.
In...
October 10th, 2005
As concerns grow that genetic information could become a modern tool of discrimination, I.B.M. plans to announce a new work force privacy policy today.
I.B.M., the...
