Data Mining Case Heads to the Supreme Court
March 20th, 2009
Two major publishers of health care data filed a petition Friday at the Supreme Court, raising cutting-edge questions about whether increasingly widespread...
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Stimulating Health IT
March 10th, 2009
Health Affairs Briefing: Deborah Peel, MD, founder & chair of Patient Privacy Rights, represents consumers in a discussion of Health Information Technology and how...
Health Affairs Briefing: Stimulating Health Information Technology
March 10th, 2009
Deborah Peel, MD– Founder & Chair of Patient Privacy Rights– is one of the speakers at this open event, happening March 10th, 2009 in...
From Sharing Music to Sharing Medical Records
February 24th, 2009
Scientific American gets it. Do you? View story here.
Dr. Eric Johnson’s latest study is out. Our job is to inform the public and Congress,...
Hospital Workers Sharing Music? They May Also Be Sharing Your Medical Records
February 20th, 2009
Health care workers using Gnutella or other peer-to-peer (P2P) networks to share music and video, may be putting you at risk for medical identity...
Identity Theft Through Your Health Records
February 3rd, 2009
This post reflects on the article in the Denver Post:Â Uncovering the Identity Trade Business.
This story details identity theft by a Denver hospital employee. It...
Uncovering the identity trade business
February 2nd, 2009
When Brandon Michael rolled up a storage-unit door in Denver on New Year’s Day to sort through the contents he had just purchased at...
HIT experts warn about EHR investment in open letter to Obama
January 30th, 2009
Two healthcare information technology experts have penned an open letter to President Obama, warning him against investing too many federal dollars in existing electronic...
The true problems in HIT
January 30th, 2009
The experts quoted are correct that cost, interoperability, difficulty of use, work-flow disruption, and lack of proof of safety/effectivenss are good reasons not to...
Treasury Moves to Restrict Lobbyists From Influencing Bailout Program
January 28th, 2009
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner issued new guidelines yesterday aimed at eliminating the influence of lobbyists on the $700 billion financial bailout program by...