August 2nd, 2010
Following a firestorm of criticism from privacy advocates... HHS has without fanfare withdrawn its HIPAA "breach notification" final rule that had been submitted to...
July 16th, 2010
While EHRs project substantial savings, there is much more at risk requiring greater focus on privacy and security.
July 16th, 2010
See the video where Practice Fusion admits to selling your information without your consent. Deborah Peel explains how detrimental this is.
May 13th, 2010
Your health records have been used to make money for a long time now. Not only does this violate your privacy, but there is...
April 27th, 2010
We applaud Professor Sweeney for pointing out the serious technical problems with the NHIN proposals AND proposing the solution: risk analysis of all technical...
April 2nd, 2010
EMRs remain an experimental technology of uncertain risks and benefits.
March 31st, 2010
Microsoft is on board with PPR when it comes to Health IT and Privacy
March 9th, 2010
The Veterans Affairs Department’s inspector general has launched a criminal investigation into a physician assistant’s alleged downloading of veterans’ clinical data at...
December 31st, 2009
See article: ‘Meaningful Use’ criteria released
Can you believe it? Doctors and hospitals that purchase electronic health records (EHRs) ‘wired’ for ‘back-door’ data...
December 14th, 2009
No laws forced Facebook to add more consumer control to who sees what — the public did. See story: Facebook privacy revisions...
