AthenaHealth Paying Dearly to Take on Larger Rivals

May 6th, 2010
AthenaHealth plans to use your records to make money. They explain how here.

Latanya Sweeney Briefs Congress

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...

PPR on article: What ‘Patient-Centered’ Should Mean…

April 12th, 2010
It is extremely helpful that the nominee to head of one of the largest federal agencies, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), stated...

Discussion on Targeting in the UK using the National Health Service

April 12th, 2010
How would American cancer patients feel about being targeted by political groups?

UK: Labour [Party] attacked over mailshot to cancer patients

April 11th, 2010
UK patients are outraged over whether the government NHS (National Health Service) data base was used to find individual cancer patients and pressure them...

PPR responds to NHS sending patient information to India

April 5th, 2010
Founder Dr. Peel describes cloud computing and offshoring patient information in response to NHS in the UK

NHS sends confidential patients’ records to India despite pledges it would not

April 5th, 2010
The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is deciding to ignore the outsourcing privacy concerns.

Concern About Medical Records Is Not Misplaced

April 2nd, 2010
EMRs remain an experimental technology of uncertain risks and benefits.

Health IT coordinator attacks rumors that spy agencies would tap into patient information network

April 2nd, 2010
National Coordinator of Health IT claims your electronic health records will NOT go to other government or legal organizations.

IT’s surprising leader in patient privacy

March 31st, 2010
Microsoft is on board with PPR when it comes to Health IT and Privacy