Are your medical records secure?
December 7th, 2008
You might expect health-care providers and insurance companies to use the best security measures to keep your medical information private.
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Letters: Which Way Privacy?
December 7th, 2008
Re “You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. Should You Care?” (Nov. 30):
The article concluded with the director of the M.I.T.Center for Collective Intelligence as saying: “For...
Google’s New Flu Tracking Tool Raises Concerns About Internet Users’ Privacy, Experts Say
November 18th, 2008
In an iHealthBeat Special Report by Deirdre Kennedy, patient privacy advocates express concerns about Google’s new online flu tracking tool.
The tool, called Flu Trends,...
Lively Debate at HIPAA Summit at Harvard
August 19th, 2008
“It’s working, but it’s got a ways to go,” suggests William Braithwaite, chief medical officer of San Diego-based security and identity management company Anakam....
Administration News | HHS Office Resolves More Than Half of HIPAA Complaints Without Investigation
August 19th, 2008
An HHS office has resolved more than half of complaints about possible violations of the medical privacy rule issued after the passage of the...
Medical privacy law fails to stop snooping
August 17th, 2008
When Jill went to her doctor two years ago for an operation on her uterus, she didn’t expect that details of her problem would...
A plea for using smart consent tools
August 13th, 2008
Dear Editor: Your story, ‘Banking on Health IT’ (Government Health IT, July 28, 2008) gives a great overview of the health banking concept as...
House bill seeks to speed up adoption of health IT systems
July 28th, 2008
The legislation offers grants and loans for doctors and hospitals to buy information technology. But some experts say the proposed funding levels fall short.
A...
Removing health IT barriers
July 7th, 2008
“It appears that the AMA has decided to eliminate its long-standing ethical policy of requiring consent before use and disclosure of health information. This...
Medical records going online, but will information be safe?
July 6th, 2008
Medicaid patients’ medical records are going online in South Carolina so that people providing treatment have easier access to the information they need to...