Google Aims to Extend Data Mantra into Health Care

May 29th, 2007
At Forrester Research’s IT Forum in Nashville on May 16, Google Enterprise Vice President and General Manager David Girouard summed up his company’s product...

Suit Sheds Light on Clintons’ Ties to a Benefactor

May 26th, 2007
When former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton took a family vacation in January 2002 to Acapulco, Mexico, one of their longtime...

Medco and Revolution Health Join Forces to Make Healthy Living Easier for Millions of Americans

May 23rd, 2007
Medco Health Solutions, Inc., one of the nation’s leading pharmacy benefit managers, and Revolution Health, a leading consumer-centric health company created by AOL Co-founder...

Google’s goal: to organise your daily life

May 22nd, 2007
Google’s ambition to maximise the personal information it holds on users is so great that the search engine envisages a day when it can...

HIPAA allows police access to patients, federal judge rules

May 21st, 2007
The case highlights the interplay between state and federal laws on sharing medical information about alleged crime victims, experts say. HIPAA privacy rules do not...

Some Cautious of Additions to IRS Health IT Ruling

May 17th, 2007
Initial reactions to the long-awaited decision last week by the Internal Revenue Service to join HHS and the CMS in clearing a path for...

Roche exposes medical details on website

May 11th, 2007
The medical testing arm of pharmaceutical giant Roche has exposed the personal and medical details of UK customers on its website. The firm has...

IRS to allow NFPs to give financial aid for EHRs

May 11th, 2007
The third shoe has dropped in giving hospitals federal blessing to subsidize the cost of providing electronic health records systems software and technical support...

Project melds health-care, banking info – Backers say idea could slash costs of medical care

May 9th, 2007
Imagine going to your bank’s Web site and being able to pick a doctor, schedule an office visit, check lab results or pay a...

How Credit-Card Data Went Out Wireless Door

May 4th, 2007
The biggest known theft of credit-card numbers in history began two summers ago outside a Marshalls discount clothing store near St. Paul, Minn. There,...