Online Age Quiz Is a Window for Drug Makers
March 25th, 2009
Americans yearn to be young. So it is little wonder that RealAge, which promises to help shave years off your age, has become one...
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Hospital Workers Sharing Music? They May Also Be Sharing Your Medical Records
February 20th, 2009
Health care workers using Gnutella or other peer-to-peer (P2P) networks to share music and video, may be putting you at risk for medical identity...
Uncovering the identity trade business
February 2nd, 2009
When Brandon Michael rolled up a storage-unit door in Denver on New Year’s Day to sort through the contents he had just purchased at...
HIT experts warn about EHR investment in open letter to Obama
January 30th, 2009
Two healthcare information technology experts have penned an open letter to President Obama, warning him against investing too many federal dollars in existing electronic...
Treasury Moves to Restrict Lobbyists From Influencing Bailout Program
January 28th, 2009
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner issued new guidelines yesterday aimed at eliminating the influence of lobbyists on the $700 billion financial bailout program by...
Consumer Watchdog Calls on Google to Cease Lobbying Effort to Allow Sale of Patient Medical Records
January 27th, 2009
Urges Congress to Adopt Privacy Protections in Economic Stimulus Bill. The non-partisan Consumer Watchdog called on Google today to cease a rumored lobbying effort...
Economic Stimulus Package Could Impinge on Americans’ Health Privacy
January 15th, 2009
“Before increasing federal spending on health IT, Congress should first fix the already-outdated 1996 HIPAA privacy rule to ensure individuals have control over their...
Economic Stimulus Package Likely To Cost $850 Billion, With Up to $90B for State Medicaid Programs
January 15th, 2009
The economic stimulus package under development by President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats likely will cost almost $850 billion, including up to...
Bipartisan Coalition Sends Letter To Congress Urging Privacy Protections With Health IT
January 15th, 2009
At today’s news conference, the Coalition for Patient Privacy is releasing a letter sent to Congress advocating for the inclusion of privacy safeguards with...
Coalition wants privacy included with healthcare IT funding in stimulus package
January 15th, 2009
WASHINGTON The Coalition for Patient Privacy urged Congress Wednesday to include privacy safeguards with any funding earmarked for healthcare IT in an economic stimulus...