Dr. Peel Testifies before Texas Public Health Committee
May 11th, 2010
PPR founder, Dr. Deborah Peel, testifies before the Texas Public Health Committee which was discussing the implementation of HIT.
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Problems with IBM’s new “massive” research study
May 10th, 2010
The problem is IBM’s research project does not appear to start with obtaining informed consent from the individuals (or their parents) whose data will...
IBM launches massive health data research project
May 6th, 2010
IBM has announced it has launched a multi-year research project to connect and analyze enormous collections of data from a wide variety of sources...
AthenaHealth Paying Dearly to Take on Larger Rivals
May 6th, 2010
AthenaHealth plans to use your records to make money. They explain how here.
Controversial medical records database suspended
April 17th, 2010
A controversial scheme to upload confidential medical records to a national database has been suspended following public outcry.
Privacy concerns surface over ONC data project
March 31st, 2010
Some concern that the National Health Information Network will be a Trojan horse for Big Brother.
EMR Data Theft Booming
March 26th, 2010
Fraud resulting from exposure of electronic medical records has risen from 3% in 2008 to 7% in 2009, a 112% increase, researcher says.
Fox News Interview: Dangers of Electronic Medical Records
March 26th, 2010
Watch this video to see Patient Privacy Rights’ Founder and Chair speaks with Fox News about Health IT and our Do Not Disclose Petition
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Exploring Privacy: An FTC Roundtable Discussion
March 17th, 2010
Dr. Deborah Peel, PPR founder and chair, was part of a panel discussion put together by the Federal Trade Commission exploring the privacy challenges...
How to reconcile Kaiser’s statements about who can access patient data
March 9th, 2010
Kaiser Permanente does not seem to stick with the same story when it comes to privacy.