Privacy groups challenge HIPAA protections
November 9th, 2005
Federal law aimed at ensuring electronic health information remains secure might not be strong enough to do the job, privacy and patient advocacy groups...
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National Consumer Health Privacy Survey 2005
November 9th, 2005
In 1999, the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) released a groundbreaking study of Americans’ attitudes and behaviors concerning health privacy. The study found that nearly...
Study Faults Follow-Up for Cancer Patients
November 8th, 2005
With the help of powerful new drugs and surgical treatments, millions of Americans survive cancer, but doctors often ignore the patients’ needs after saving their...
Privacy advocates fight proposed medical-records network
November 7th, 2005
Privacy advocates are battling moves in Congress to create an electronic network so physicians can obtain the medical histories of patients no matter where...
Lessons for NPfIT from ‘wild ride’ to US failure
November 7th, 2005
A study of the ‘wild ride’ towards a failed implementation of a new electronic medical record system found a ‘transient climate of conflict’ associated...
Court backs privacy of rape accusers’ mental health files
November 5th, 2005
The Utah Supreme Court on Friday moved to protect the confidentiality of rape victims’ mental health records.
Defendants now must give their accusers notice when...
Kaiser Permanente’s experience of implementing an electronic medical record: a qualitative study
November 3rd, 2005
Objective To examine users’ attitudes to implementation of an electronic medical record system in Kaiser Permanente Hawaii.
Design Qualitative study based on semistructured interviews.
Setting Four...
AHA pushes for HHS review of data-gathering plan
November 3rd, 2005
The American Hospital Association called on HHS’ Office of Civil Rights to rule on the association’s position that a plan by the Joint Commission...
Press Release: Quality Advisory
November 2nd, 2005
In May, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) announced that it was selling analysis of accredited hospitals’ data to14 Blue Cross/Blue...
States Want Congress to Act on Identity Theft, Data Security
November 1st, 2005
Forty-six state Attorneys General are calling on Congress to help protect consumers from identity theft by enacting national security breach and credit freeze legislation....