December 16th, 2005
Creating a statewide health information network, promoting quality health care, and protecting patient privacy are goals at the top of the list for hundreds...
December 15th, 2005
As part of a broad new effort to better understand how diabetics manage their illness, the New York City Board of Health is ordering...
December 11th, 2005
The company that radically reshaped the retail industry is getting into the healthcare business.
Wal-Mart is experimenting with ways to provide outpatient medical services to...
December 8th, 2005
The IRS has proposed guidelines on the disclosure and use of income tax filer’s information by tax return preparers to strengthen privacy in the...
November 18th, 2005
People could carry their medical records around their necks or on key chains through technology being encouraged in a bill passed Friday by the...
November 16th, 2005
In the wake of polls showing most Americans have privacy worries as their personal health data goes electronic, consumer groups want lawmakers to ensure...
November 14th, 2005
In April 2004, President Bush set a 10-year goal of equipping most Americans with electronic medical files and prescription drug records.
The ambitious initiative promises...
November 13th, 2005
Like many children whose mothers used an anonymous sperm donor, the 15-year-old boy longed for any shred of information about his biological father. But,...
November 11th, 2005
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations said its board approved a policy under which the JCAHO would continue data mining “to measure...
November 9th, 2005
Some IT managers at large health care organizations are delighted that the federal government plans to offer its electronic health records (EHR) software to...
