Some doctors still cautious of genetic tests
May 6th, 2008
Experts warn some results may not be useful — and others are ‘rubbish’.
WASHINGTON – Everyone’s genes spell out a risk for some disease, and a...
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Experts say ’secondary use’ of data could prove primary
May 6th, 2008
To overcome elusive ROI figures on electronic medical record projects, vendors have been touting the value of digitized data for secondary uses such as...
Role Based Access Control
May 6th, 2008
Protecting privacy is foundational to electronic health records and healthcare information exchange. In 2007, the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel specified the technical standards...
Disciplinary board says it must have access to patient records
May 4th, 2008
The clash between a doctor’s ethical responsibility not to disclose patient confidences and the state’s strong interest in investigating allegations of physician misconduct will...
6,000 UCSF patients’ data got put online
May 2nd, 2008
Information on thousands of UCSF patients was accessible on the Internet for more than three months last year, a possible violation of federal privacy...
Congress passes genetic nondiscrimination bill amid concerns over privacy
May 2nd, 2008
The House passed the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act Thursday, joining the Senate in approving a bill more than 10 years in the making.
The bill,...
St.Jude Collaborates With Microsoft
May 2nd, 2008
St. Jude Medical and Microsoft collaborate to provide patients and physicians with better access to health records.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Jude Medical, Inc....
Anti-Discrimination Bill Inadvertently Legalizes Sharing of Genetic Information Without Patient Consent
May 1st, 2008
“While authors of the recently passed Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (H.R. 493) had good intentions, the bill inadvertently legalizes the sharing of...
Medical privacy still isn’t protected
May 1st, 2008
The Sun’s article on the Senate’s vote to bar discrimination based on the results of genetic testing (“Measure would bar use of information by...
Every Italian’s income posted on internet
May 1st, 2008
The incomes of every Italian citizen were published on the web without any prior warning by the government, just days before it was due...