June 25th, 2008
Americans worried medical secrets in new databases will be misused Washington, DC Today, lawmakers will be making decisions about the future of patients’ medical...
June 25th, 2008
U.S. Reps. John Dingell (D-Mich. ) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) introduced Tuesday legislation aimed at encouraging speedier adoption of healthcare information technology while also...
June 25th, 2008
Hoping to persuade more people to store their medical records online, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and a hodgepodge of health care providers and insurers...
June 25th, 2008
It’s scandalous sometimes how reporters can screw up a simple press release. (A panic button, like this one from Hong Kong, makes a great...
June 25th, 2008
We created a software tool that accurately removes all patient identifying information from various kinds of clinical data documents, including laboratory and narrative reports.
We...
June 24th, 2008
Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR) announced Tuesday that it is suspending a pilot program in which it would have collected customers’ Web-surfing information as part...
June 24th, 2008
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) and ranking member Joe Barton (R-Texas) on Tuesday plan to introduce a bill that would...
June 24th, 2008
With electronic health records seen widely as a way to make medical care better and possibly cheaper, it is disturbing how slowly they are...
June 24th, 2008
USA TODAY’s article “Medical records a click away” does not address several problems with personal medical information available on the Web. In addition to...
June 23rd, 2008
Regarding “EHRs must be made irresistible, but for now are clearly inadequate” (Letters, May 26): I am one of those doctors mentioned by letter...
