Doctor Resigns Over Patient Data Breach
May 25th, 2008
The well-intended gift of a used computer by a Jacksonville physician may have put the personal medical information of 1,900 patients at risk, University...
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A Victory for Privacy: California Senate Rejects Bill to Allow Drug Marketing Firms Access to Patient Medical Records Without Co
May 24th, 2008
The California Senate rejected a bill this week by a vote of 17 to 17 (21 needed to “pass”) that would have allowed the...
IT adviser wants docs in control of data contracts
May 22nd, 2008
An information technology consultant to physician groups has a prescription for doctors confronted by IT system vendors wanting to own, control and sell their...
Despite Privacy Gains, Kennedy’s Health May Put Bill in Limbo
May 22nd, 2008
Patient privacy advocates were busy last week, lobbying for and getting new privacy provisions in the stalled Wired for Health Care Quality Act, authored...
CBO: No one knows how health IT will affect health care costs
May 22nd, 2008
In a new report, the Congressional Budget Office concludes there still are many unknowns about the adoption of health information technology, including what its...
CBO examines return on investment for health IT
May 21st, 2008
If ever there were a business proposition in which the level of investment is in inverse proportion to the rigor of the analysis of...
Kennedy’s Absence Stalls Numerous Bills
May 19th, 2008
The prospects for action on several pieces of legislation dimmed Monday as it became apparent that Edward M. Kennedy ’s hospitalization will prevent him...
Google launches online medical records service
May 19th, 2008
Google on Monday launched Google Health, a long-anticipated medical records service letting US users store and manage their health care information online.
The offering raises...
Web monitoring for ads? It may be illegal
May 19th, 2008
Online advertising has ballooned into a roughly $45 billion-a-year business, to the benefit of Google, Yahoo, ad networks, and innumerable speciality and hobbyist Web...
Passwords no longer work to protect privacy
May 19th, 2008
Most people have come to understand that it is important to choose a complex password and to change their passwords often in order to...