Your Health Data, Plugged In to the Web
October 5th, 2007
Microsoft launched a free, ad-supported online health portal called HealthVault yesterday that allows people to upload their medical records to the Web and share...
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Candidates on Health IT: Bromides or Beliefs?
October 5th, 2007
After the recent flurry of announcements, speeches and presentations focused on the major presidential candidates’ health care proposals it seems clear that health IT...
Microsoft Wants Your Health Records
October 4th, 2007
Step into a medical office, and you’re faced with a paradox of modern medicine. Just beyond the receptionist’s desk are all sorts of cutting-edge...
Drug info firms target prescriber data laws
October 1st, 2007
Doctors do not have a privacy right to their prescription-writing habits, data-collection firms say as they sue in Vermont and Maine.
After landing...
Improving Health Care: Why a Dose of IT May Be Just What the Doctor Ordered
October 1st, 2007
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation-10/01/07-Information technology (IT) is a major driver of innovation and economic growth.1 Health IT promises to revolutionize health care...
Prying eyes: Protecting patient records
October 1st, 2007
Cases of identity theft steal headlines, but simple curiosity is the biggest culprit for security breaches inside hospitals and practices. Here’s how to prevent...
Diagnosis kills veteran’s benefits
September 23rd, 2007
Christopher Gearhart served 13 years in the military. He would have put in more time were it not for a hospitalization, a diagnosis and...
Patient Privacy Violated
September 21st, 2007
Local pharmacies on Carter’s list
Two Evansville pharmacies are among 36 pharmacies and pharmacists Indiana’s attorney general says violated patient privacy by improperly ...
Google Wants to Track Your Medical History — And Your Genome
September 20th, 2007
In a recent review of 23 internet companies by a consumer watchdog group, Privacy International, Google was the only one to receive the lowest...
Electronic medical records at risk of being hacked, report warns
September 19th, 2007
The electronic health record systems that automate the digitized medical histories of U.S. patients are severely at risk of being hacked, a new report...