April 16th, 2007
he Secretary of Health and Human Services has delegated to the Director of OCR the authority to issue subpoenas in investigations of alleged violations...
April 15th, 2007
Cost-cutting doctors are breaching privacy laws and could be endangering patients’ lives by sending medical files overseas to be typed up cheaply. An investigation...
April 15th, 2007
Some lending companies with access to a national database that contains confidential information on tens of millions of student borrowers have repeatedly searched it...
April 13th, 2007
A doctor’s office is a private place. Patients would never assume their treatment and conditions are being used in sophisticated drug company marketing schemes...
April 13th, 2007
Andy Grove, the former Intel Corp. chief exec and chairman, is frustrated. He’s been pushing for changes to the U.S. health care system —...
April 12th, 2007
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center was trying to figure out how private information for about 80 patients, including names and Social Security numbers...
April 11th, 2007
Promoting patient safety while reducing medical errors continues to be the top reason for implementing information technology while a lack of financial and staffing...
April 7th, 2007
“Know your customer” has long been the mantra of salespeople. But this year, state lawmakers from New York to Nevada are wondering whether pharmaceutical...
April 5th, 2007
At a meeting of the State Alliance for e-Health last week, a representative of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons urged the newly...
April 4th, 2007
Many experts believe consumer-directed health care — giving patients greater decision making powers through greater transparency in pricing and understanding of possible outcomes —...
