Researchers Fail to Reveal Full Drug Pay
June 8th, 2008
A world-renowned Harvard child psychiatrist whose work has helped fuel an explosion in the use of powerful antipsychotic medicines in children earned at least...
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Malicious code makes Web surfing risky
June 6th, 2008
The chance of downloading malicious code from a Web site has increased 41 percent in the past year, according to a recent study of...
Your private health details may already be online
June 5th, 2008
Imagine my surprise when, in the course of doing research for this story, I stumbled upon my own personal health information online.
There it was...
Officials: Identity theft of UCI students started with insurer’s leak
June 5th, 2008
A computer security breach at a health insurance company was responsible for an identity theft at UC Irvine that affected 1,132 students, and led...
Industry Concerns About Privacy Restrictions Stall Senate’s Health IT Bill
June 2nd, 2008
A bill aimed at pushing the health care industry toward conversion to electronic records seemed to gain new life three weeks ago, after a...
Medical ID theft can injure finances, endanger lives
June 2nd, 2008
When someone steals your identity, obtains loans in your name and then stiffs the lenders, the effects on your credit report can be devastating....
Federal Agency Efforts to Encrypt Sensitive Information Are Under Way, but Work Remains
June 1st, 2008
“The GAO was asked to determine (1) how commercially available encryption technologies can help agencies protect sensitive information and reduce risks; (2) the federal...
Myths about HIPAA
May 31st, 2008
To talk about the myths surrounding HIPAA and privacy, you have to first read what HIPAA actually says about privacy. The definition of “privacy”...
The Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health
May 28th, 2008
One expert has described the current law governing the confidentiality of health care information as a “crazy quilt of Federal and state constitutional, statutory,...
FDA to develop electronic information system. EIS will be used to improve medical-product safety.
May 27th, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration is developing a new electronic information system to monitor how drugs and other medical products perform once they go...