Privacy desires ignored

November 15th, 2010
people remain very concerned about the privacy of their electronic records and they want to be asked before releasing their personal medical information.

Majority of Americans want personal control of health information

November 15th, 2010
It's hard to get Americans to agree on much these days, but overwhelming majorities seem to want control over their own electronic health information.

Americans Want to Control Their Health Information

November 15th, 2010
Health privacy watchdog Patient Privacy Rights and Zogby International surveyed 2,000 people, and found that almost all object to doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies...

Poll: Huge majorities want control over health info

November 11th, 2010
When asked who should have that power, 87 percent of respondents said, "you personally."

Re: Release of Ponemon “Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security” on Nov 9th

November 9th, 2010
Study found that 53% of health care organizations are “not confident” they know where patient data is actually located.

Privacy advocates fear massive fed health database

November 5th, 2010
U.S. Office of Personnel Management wants to collect data from three health programs

Insurers: Records weren’t lost at health fair

October 22nd, 2010
Insurance company exposes 285,691 people’s sensitive demographic and health information to loss, sale, identity theft, and medical identity theft for reasons that don’t make...

Unsafe data in Texas

October 19th, 2010
Texas is handling patient data unsafely, and knowingly so.

Comments: ONC studying risks of de-identified patient records

October 4th, 2010
Thank you government for determining my risk level, now please do not release my health data.

Steady Bleed: State of HealthCare Data Breaches — Comments

September 23rd, 2010
The numbers are even higher than you can imagine, and rising.