Your Lifestyle May Hurt Your Credit

June 19th, 2008
Most borrowers know a late payment or high outstanding balance can hurt their credit. But what about frequenting a massage parlor, retreading a tire,...

One in three IT staff snoops on colleagues

June 19th, 2008
One in three information technology professionals abuses administrative passwords to access confidential data such as colleagues’ salary details, personal e-mails or board-meeting minutes, according...

Patient Privacy at Issue in Vermont’s Bid for Electronic Health Records

June 18th, 2008
When you go to a new doctor, you probably don’t pay much attention to the document you are required to read and sign that...

4 percent of U.S. doctors use EHRs, new study finds

June 18th, 2008
A milestone study of the adoption of health information technology has produced findings that one of the study’s authors calls troubling and the other...

Report: Feds need better privacy protection for data

June 18th, 2008
The government does not have adequate privacy protections for the personal information it collects, shares and stores as part of the effort to fight...

Ex-patient sues storage firm over stolen U. records

June 14th, 2008
Just days after the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics announced the theft of 2.2 million patients’ billing records containing a variety of personal...

Northrop Grumman Showcases Drug Development IT Systems Interoperability And Connectivity At DIA Annual Meeting

June 13th, 2008
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) will highlight its experience enabling drug development for federal and commercial programs at the 43rd Drug Information Association (DIA)...

U of U medical records stolen, 2.2 million patients’ data at risk

June 11th, 2008
University of Utah Hospital and Clinics patients are bracing for the unknown as police and prosecutors investigate the theft of 2.2 million billing records...

Reminder Bill Raises Privacy Concerns In California

June 11th, 2008
Privacy concerns have been raised about a bill moving through the California Legislature that would let pharmacies partner with drugmakers to send reminder letters...

Privacy Please: Your Intimate Details Hit the Internet

June 9th, 2008
In a time where reality television is now the norm, rather than the exception, privacy is a rare commodity. We want to know everything...