Some Cautious of Additions to IRS Health IT Ruling
May 17th, 2007
Initial reactions to the long-awaited decision last week by the Internal Revenue Service to join HHS and the CMS in clearing a path for...
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Peel brings privacy onto the radar screen: profile
May 15th, 2007
(Part two of a two-part series) Psychiatrist Deborah Peel has become an outspoken advocate for patient privacy rights, founding the Austin, Texas-based not-for-profit Patient...
Information Edge: In the interest of privacy – Deborah Peel has some blunt words on the increased push for data-mining
May 14th, 2007
The telephone rang as Deborah Peel was driving to the airport outside Austin, Texas, a few weeks ago. It was one of several long-distance...
Roche exposes medical details on website
May 11th, 2007
The medical testing arm of pharmaceutical giant Roche has exposed the personal and medical details of UK customers on its website. The firm has...
IRS to allow NFPs to give financial aid for EHRs
May 11th, 2007
The third shoe has dropped in giving hospitals federal blessing to subsidize the cost of providing electronic health records systems software and technical support...
Project melds health-care, banking info – Backers say idea could slash costs of medical care
May 9th, 2007
Imagine going to your bank’s Web site and being able to pick a doctor, schedule an office visit, check lab results or pay a...
How Credit-Card Data Went Out Wireless Door
May 4th, 2007
The biggest known theft of credit-card numbers in history began two summers ago outside a Marshalls discount clothing store near St. Paul, Minn. There,...
Health Information Privacy: What Do Doctors and Patients Want and Need?
May 1st, 2007
n the last few weeks we have had a number of reminders that management of the privacy of patient records remains a contentious and...
Editorial: Cost, disruption not only EHR concerns for docs
May 1st, 2007
(In response to Joseph Conn’s “AHIC reviews, sends back EHR recommendations”) The American Health Information Community does not recognize that most physicians choose not...
Judge strikes down N.H. prescription information law
April 30th, 2007
A federal judge on Monday struck down New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation law that makes doctors’ prescription-writing habits confidential, saying it violates the First Amendment. Drug...