June 25th, 2008
We created a software tool that accurately removes all patient identifying information from various kinds of clinical data documents, including laboratory and narrative reports.
We...
June 24th, 2008
Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR) announced Tuesday that it is suspending a pilot program in which it would have collected customers’ Web-surfing information as part...
June 24th, 2008
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) and ranking member Joe Barton (R-Texas) on Tuesday plan to introduce a bill that would...
June 24th, 2008
Despite bipartisan consensus that the U.S. health system could benefit from health IT legislation, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle seem to be...
June 24th, 2008
With electronic health records seen widely as a way to make medical care better and possibly cheaper, it is disturbing how slowly they are...
June 24th, 2008
USA TODAY’s article “Medical records a click away” does not address several problems with personal medical information available on the Web. In addition to...
June 24th, 2008
House Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell and ranking member Joe Barton plan to introduce legislation today aimed at accelerating the nationwide adoption of...
June 24th, 2008
House Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell and ranking member Joe Barton plan to introduce legislation on Tuesday aimed at accelerating the nationwide adoption...
June 23rd, 2008
Regarding “EHRs must be made irresistible, but for now are clearly inadequate” (Letters, May 26): I am one of those doctors mentioned by letter...
June 20th, 2008
A feud over the magnitude of health information technology’s potential benefits has erupted in Washington.
The feud pits the Congressional Budget Office, a respected and...
