The phone that feels the flu before you do (AP)
December 3rd, 2008
The “Zicam Cold & Flu Companion” warns Google phone users of the number of people who are sneezing and shaking in their zip code.
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HIPAA Privacy Complaints Drop by 35% in November
December 1st, 2008
OCR said it received only 421 complaints in its HIPAA privacy enforcement program in November 2008 for a total of 40,669 complaints since the...
RFID Chips: A Privacy And Security Pandora’s Box?
November 25th, 2008
A research article published in the current issue of the International Journal of Intellectual Property Management suggests that Big Brother could be opening a...
No data-mining zone
November 24th, 2008
1st Circuit Court of Appeals court ruling upholds New Hampshire law preventing pharmacies and data-miners from using physician prescribing patterns for marketing research.
The plaintiffs...
Reinstate e-health privacy
November 20th, 2008
Most people believe the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act protects the privacy of health information.
Unfortunately, that is a myth....
Appeals court backs N.H. law on prescription data
November 18th, 2008
A federal appeals court has upheld a New Hampshire law that aims to block the use of data on physicians’ and other clinicians’ prescribing...
NH prescription privacy law upheld
November 18th, 2008
New Hampshire’s 1st-in-nation law making docs’ prescriptions records confidential is upheld
NEW YORK (Associated Press) – A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of...
Appeals Court Reverses Decision on Prescription Privacy
November 18th, 2008
The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation law that bars companies from selling the prescriptions doctors write.
Last year a...
Prescription privacy law upheld
November 18th, 2008
A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation law making doctors’ prescription writing habits confidential.
The ruling Tuesday by the 1st...
Federal Court Upholds Drug Privacy Law
November 18th, 2008
A federal appeals court in Boston on Tuesday dealt a setback to the pharmaceutical industry and companies that collect prescription data for use in...