Speakers cast dim, then positive health IT outlooks
October 15th, 2008
According to Wikipedia, a male African elephant can weigh up to of 26,000 pounds. That gives you some idea how ponderously depressing acting CMS...
What could your health records reveal? Take control. Protect your privacy, liberty and opportunities.
-
FOLLOW US
PHR Privacy Questions Get Tougher When Criminal Justice System Involved
October 14th, 2008
The Kabuki we see in the transition to electronic health records obscures two obvious and fundamental issues: The nature of the confidentiality privilege for...
Morpace Reports: Electronic Medical Records Viewed Favorably, but Many Have Privacy Concerns
October 14th, 2008
A new Morpace Omnibus study, fielded in September, reveals that 48 percent of American adults support creation of a nationwide system of medical records,...
Few Americans confident in privacy of EHRs
October 13th, 2008
Many Americans want electronic health records, and say they would access their personal health information online, but the majority are concerned about confidentiality issues,...
EMRs could be fair game in war on terror
October 13th, 2008
Is the government looking for terrorists in Americans’ electronic medical records? Admittedly, it’s an astonishing question, but for many months, this year and last,...
New lawsuit challenges mandatory premarital testing
October 12th, 2008
CAIRO: Mandatory premarital medical testing is an inherently flawed and potentially counter-productive policy that contravenes basic rights, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)...
Microsoft et al to employ IT in ‘ground-breaking’ genetics research
October 10th, 2008
SAN DIEGO – Microsoft, Scripps Health, Affymetrix and Navigenics will launch what the companies say is ground-breaking research to evaluate the impact of personal...
EHRs don’t save Texas doc time, money or paper
October 10th, 2008
I can’t stand it any longer! This nonsense that electronic health records will save money must stop! We have a six-man orthopedic group in...
CMS, e-health group push e-Rx with meeting, guide
October 8th, 2008
The e-Health Initiative released its A Clinician’s Guide to Electronic Prescribing at a Boston e-prescribing conference sponsored by the CMS.
The guide, clearly aimed at...
Microsoft Joins Study to Gauge Impact of Genetic Testing
October 8th, 2008
Microsoft is co-sponsoring a study to see if people who undergo genetic testing to identify their risk for developing certain diseases actually change their...