July 31st, 2007
The co-defendant in an extensive identity-theft scheme that targeted hospital patients was sentenced today to two years and three months in prison. Linda D....
July 25th, 2007
After 26 years of a successful medical practice, Alan Berkenwald took for granted that he had a good reputation. But last month he was...
July 23rd, 2007
Privacy should not be considered an “obstacle” to patient data sharing and it is not a trade-off for electronic records, according to speakers at...
July 21st, 2007
A government contractor handling sensitive health information for 867,000 U.S. service members and their families acknowledged yesterday that some of its employees sent unencrypted...
July 19th, 2007
A nationally prominent physician informaticist who serves as a member of a federal privacy advisory panel said that some electronic health-record and...
July 19th, 2007
Electronic health records — touted by policymakers as a way to improve the quality of health care — failed to boost care delivered in...
July 19th, 2007
Patients currently don’t have any way to keep their personal information from being shared with third parties. The U.S. needs new medical privacy rules...
July 18th, 2007
A report detailing how the use of electronic health records does not necessarily lead to an increase in the quality of care may be...
July 18th, 2007
More than 100 Park Nicollet Clinic employees have been suspended this year for violating federal laws on patient privacy — mostly by tapping into...
July 17th, 2007
Something is amiss in Portland, Ore., with a project to provide personal health records to millions of workers at some of the nation’s largest...
