September 19th, 2007
The electronic health record systems that automate the digitized medical histories of U.S. patients are severely at risk of being hacked, a new report...
August 14th, 2007
Cash, privacy issues halt effort to electronically link patient information Creating a system for local hospitals and physicians to electronically share medical records could...
July 19th, 2007
A nationally prominent physician informaticist who serves as a member of a federal privacy advisory panel said that some electronic health-record and...
July 18th, 2007
More than 100 Park Nicollet Clinic employees have been suspended this year for violating federal laws on patient privacy — mostly by tapping into...
June 13th, 2007
Uploading healthcare records nationwide to an electronic system could increase efficiency and lower cost but, if done incorrectly, may pose serious threats to patient...
June 12th, 2007
Privacy groups are sounding alarms as the nation’s largest insurance companies finalize plans to allow millions more customers to post their health records on...
May 30th, 2007
Go into almost any medical office, hospital or clinic in the United States and your records will still be handled the old-fashioned way —...
May 9th, 2007
Imagine going to your bank’s Web site and being able to pick a doctor, schedule an office visit, check lab results or pay a...
April 23rd, 2007
Scores of bills passed but a few died – including one to block pharmacies from peddling doctors’ prescription information to data.m.ining firms – as...
March 30th, 2007
Glen Tullman didn’t invent information technology, but he is one of those people who figured out early how to aim it with effect. Case...
