U.S. lagging in EHR privacy policies: report
March 12th, 2007
While a policy debate is ramping up in the U.S. over how much control patients should have over the transmission and sharing of their...
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North Carolina appeals court allows new use of HIPAA in lawsuit
March 12th, 2007
The patient sued the physician for negligence to get around a federal ruling against direct HIPAA privacy lawsuits.
A North Carolina appeals court ruling suggests...
Privacy could be IT standards’ deal-breaker
March 9th, 2007
When will those formulating health information technology standards at the federal level get the message that privacy is a potential deal-breaker? If the recent...
Patient Privacy: Foundation for Health IT
February 22nd, 2007
- One of the stumbling blocks in the adoption of health information technology is patient privacy. How can patients feel protected as their personal...
HPP Resigns from Government Privacy Workgroup
February 21st, 2007
Letter to Robert Kolodner, M.D. – Interim National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Robert Kolodner, M.D.
Interim National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
U.S. Department of Health...
UPI Poll: Concern on health privacy
February 21st, 2007
More than half the U.S. respondents in a UPI-Zogby International poll expressed privacy concerns regarding their medical records and information.
The 10,258 participants in a...
Peel: Electronic prescribing is no panacea
February 19th, 2007
When a coalition of technology companies, insurers and health care providers launched a $100 million project last month to provide free electronic prescribing software...
Medical mishaps
February 19th, 2007
Conventional wisdom holds that electronic medical records will reduce medical errors in the United States, but there’s surprisingly little evidence to back that up.
When...
Advantage: Dems
February 19th, 2007
Health IT remains a bipartisan issue, but with Democrats now in charge on Capitol Hill, the rush for national health IT legislation is on.
In...
Trends in Identity Theft
February 15th, 2007
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released its Annual List of Top Consumer Complaints. This year–for the seventh year in a row–Identity Theft is...