December 1st, 2009
Facebook, the global phenomenon in Web-based social media, rolled out a massive overhaul of its privacy protection policies and technology this week–and...
November 20th, 2009
Most health officials worry about hackers stealing sensitive information such as an AIDS diagnosis from someone’s electronic medical record, but a technology...
November 3rd, 2009
Pagers have for long been considered the doctor’s sidekick but in the United States, as hospitals face pressure for greater efficiency, smartphones...
November 2nd, 2009
“The problems are common to all mobile devices: encryption at rest on the device and in transit, and whether data on lost...
October 29th, 2009
It’s not unusual for employers to conduct criminal background checks during the hiring process. But the University of Akron has taken this...
October 28th, 2009
The head of federal efforts to boost the use of health information technology told members of an IT advisory panel Tuesday that...
October 19th, 2009
When patients visit a physician or hospital, they know that anyone involved in providing their health care can lawfully see their medical...
October 18th, 2009
Do you know where your private prescription information is? As pharmacy chains, benefits companies and drug makers work more closely, your prescription...
October 17th, 2009
TIME to revisit the always compelling — and often disconcerting — debate over digital privacy. So, what might your movie picks and...
October 9th, 2009
The National Cancer Institute has developed Web-based tools that could give cancer researchers collaborating over the Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) access...
