Health Care’s Digital Privacy Debate
January 25th, 2010
A new study points to distrust in government and private industry when it comes to electronic health records.
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They got it wrong… AGAIN!
December 31st, 2009
See article: ‘Meaningful Use’ criteria released
Can you believe it? Doctors and hospitals that purchase electronic health records (EHRs) ‘wired’ for ‘back-door’ data...
‘Meaningful use’ criteria released
December 30th, 2009
Modern Healthcare — HHS issued two sets of much-anticipated federal regulations that significantly further the government’s healthcare information technology adoption...
Facebook setting the standards for Health Care?
December 14th, 2009
No laws forced Facebook to add more consumer control to who sees what — the public did. See story: Facebook privacy revisions...
Patient Privacy Rights Wants You to Know How Health Data Is Used
December 7th, 2009
Lora Bentley spoke with Ashley Katz, the executive director for Patient Privacy Rights, a national non-profit consumer health privacy watchdog, just before...
Gov’t. won’t always rule HIT: Blumenthal to NCQA
December 7th, 2009
Private industry, not the federal government, will eventually drive health information technology initiatives, said David Blumenthal, national coordinator for health information technology...
ONC to hold closed-door privacy work group meeting
December 7th, 2009
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology plans to host the first work group meeting on privacy and security...
Patient Privacy Rights Grades Online Health Record Providers on Protections
December 3rd, 2009
Personal health records have been around for awhile. Microsoft’s HealthVault, for instance, entered beta in 2007. Google jumped into the fray not...
PHR Report Card from Patient Privacy Rights – Google Health Gets D/F, No More Clipboard Gets Only A?
December 3rd, 2009
In short, this sector is a long way from maturity. There are still huge problems to solve in the space.
Mixed feelings =...
Patient Privacy Rights unveils PHR report card
December 3rd, 2009
Are personal health records privacy risks? Most people are at a loss trying to figure that out, according to the Patient Privacy...