HHS proposes stronger privacy protections under HIPAA
July 12th, 2010
Stimulus bill required HHS to modify HIPAA, and proposed rule will strengthen and modify HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules. See how.
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PPR impressed with HHS’ privacy approach
July 9th, 2010
New HHS Policy: “no one has access to personal information unless you want them to.”
HHS pitches new patient privacy safeguards
July 8th, 2010
HHS FINALLY states that "privacy and security of personal health data is at the core of all of our work."
ONC IS MAKING HISTORY!
June 18th, 2010
ATTEND THE FIRST EVER HEARING ON PRIVACY-ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE NATION.
Attention doctors and vendors: Selling patient data without informed consent is now a federal crime
May 13th, 2010
Your health records have been used to make money for a long time now. Not only does this violate your privacy, but there is...
Dr. Peel Testifies before Texas Public Health Committee
May 11th, 2010
PPR founder, Dr. Deborah Peel, testifies before the Texas Public Health Committee which was discussing the implementation of HIT.
Re: State agency swaps babies’ blood for supplies
May 11th, 2010
After using newborn babies' bloodspots without proper consent, the state of Texas is getting it wrong again.
Problems with IBM’s new “massive” research study
May 10th, 2010
The problem is IBM’s research project does not appear to start with obtaining informed consent from the individuals (or their parents) whose data will...
State agency swaps babies’ blood for supplies
May 8th, 2010
Companies use blood to produce and test equipment. Previously WITHOUT consent.
IBM launches massive health data research project
May 6th, 2010
IBM has announced it has launched a multi-year research project to connect and analyze enormous collections of data from a wide variety of sources...