Genetic News, Borne With Grace
March 25th, 2007
To the Editor: Many people are unwilling to take genetic tests, knowing that afterward they might not be able to get a job or...
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HHS Secretary Leavitt Announces Steps Toward A Future of “Personalized Health Care”
March 23rd, 2007
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today outlined a course for achieving gene-based medical care combined with health information technology, which he called “Personalized Health Care.”...
Patient’s candid camera sends shockwaves through hospitals
March 23rd, 2007
A nurse’s discovery of a Webcam hooked up by parents in their child’s Boston hospital room has stunned the patient’s doctor, raised a mound...
Authorized privacy breaches are biggest threat
March 23rd, 2007
In regard to Todd Sloane’s article Privacy could be IT standards’ deal-breaker: There are two kinds of privacy concerns–liability to patients from unauthorized access...
Hospital not liable for employee’s disclosure of PHI
March 23rd, 2007
A patient could not recover from a hospital on a theory of vicarious liability after a hospital employee divulged the patient’s test results to...
HITSP work group provides panel with update
March 21st, 2007
A federally funded committee seeking to harmonize healthcare information technology standards received an update from its new security and privacy work group Monday. In...
Democrats gain the advantage on health IT issues
March 19th, 2007
In the past year, lawmakers have struggled in their efforts to pass health information technology legislation. The Senate and House each passed a bill...
Facing Life With a Lethal Gene
March 18th, 2007
The test, the counselor said, had come back positive. Katharine Moser inhaled sharply. She thought she was as ready as anyone could be to...
Does Santa Barbara RHIO shutdown affect California HIE efforts?
March 16th, 2007
The Santa Barbara Co. Care Data Exchange (SBCCDE) was the oldest regional health information organization (RHIO) in the country until it ended its efforts...
Hands Off Prescribing Data, Says Vermont
March 14th, 2007
Vermont is considering a new bill that would make it the second state in the country to ban the sale of physician prescribing data....