Ruling casts doubt over the legality of patient database
August 8th, 2008
GP calls on government to ditch plans for a single NHS database. The NHS could be forced to completely rethink its £6 billion patient...
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Vast majority of patients want docs to use EHRs: study
August 7th, 2008
A solid majority of patients say they want doctors to move to an all-electronic format for medical records and prescriptions, saying that by doing...
Records loss may violate U.S. law
August 7th, 2008
‘Total files’ of patients, many with HIV and AIDS, missing
A low-level Harris County Hospital District administrator probably violated federal law when she downloaded medical...
Teen Screen Lawsuit Advances: Federal Court Affirms Family’s Right to Sue School
August 6th, 2008
A federal court has given the green light to a civil rights lawsuit filed by Rutherford Institute attorneys in defense of a 15-year-old Indiana...
Workers disciplined for peek at Granholm medical file
August 6th, 2008
Employees of Sparrow Hospital were fired or disciplined in July after it was discovered they attempted to access computerized medical information about Gov. Jennifer...
VA releases report critical of Ark. hospitals
August 6th, 2008
Researchers working at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System didn’t follow rules governing human experimentation, including not telling those in a surgery trial about...
More UCLA Medical Center employees peeked at celebrities’ records, state says
August 5th, 2008
Even after UCLA Medical Center warned employees that it was cracking down on unauthorized access to medical records, the privacy of a “well-known individual”...
Missing Laptop Keeps Firm From Registering New Fliers
August 5th, 2008
The Transportation Security Administration suspended Verified Identity Pass from enrolling travelers in its pre-screening program after a laptop computer containing the records of 33,000...
Equipment losses still plague VA: GAO report
August 5th, 2008
Pop chanteuse Joni Mitchell famously sang, “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone,” but at the Veterans Affairs Department–according to the Government...
New state health “reform” law destroys patient privacy in the name of improving care
August 4th, 2008
Should your medical records be protected from prying eyes? Huge majorities of Americans think so.
According to a Gallup Poll, 92 percent of Americans oppose...