November 24th, 2008
1st Circuit Court of Appeals court ruling upholds New Hampshire law preventing pharmacies and data-miners from using physician prescribing patterns for marketing research.
The plaintiffs...
November 24th, 2008
Agency officials disputed the OIG findings but agreed to enhance compliance-assurance activities.
… Patients’ privacy depends on the security of health information, said Deborah C....
November 20th, 2008
Most people believe the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act protects the privacy of health information.
Unfortunately, that is a myth....
November 18th, 2008
A federal appeals court has upheld a New Hampshire law that aims to block the use of data on physicians’ and other clinicians’ prescribing...
November 18th, 2008
New Hampshire’s 1st-in-nation law making docs’ prescriptions records confidential is upheld
NEW YORK (Associated Press) – A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of...
November 18th, 2008
The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation law that bars companies from selling the prescriptions doctors write.
Last year a...
November 18th, 2008
In an iHealthBeat Special Report by Deirdre Kennedy, patient privacy advocates express concerns about Google’s new online flu tracking tool.
The tool, called Flu Trends,...
November 18th, 2008
A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation law making doctors’ prescription writing habits confidential.
The ruling Tuesday by the 1st...
November 18th, 2008
A federal appeals court in Boston on Tuesday dealt a setback to the pharmaceutical industry and companies that collect prescription data for use in...
November 17th, 2008
A group of privacy scholars, lawyers and corporate officials are launching an advocacy group today designed to help shape standards around how companies collect,...
