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.

PR Firm Behind Propaganda Videos Wins Stimulus Contract

March 30th, 2010
The way to promote Health IT is by incorporating Privacy, not marketing through a PR firm with a tricky history.

NHIN won’t funnel information to CIA: Blumenthal

March 30th, 2010
National Coordinator of Health IT claims your electronic health records will NOT go to other government or legal organizations.

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 Watch...

Your Medical Records Aren’t Secure

March 24th, 2010
4/24/10 A patient's sensitive information should not be shared without his consent. But this is not the case now, as the country moves toward...

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...

BMA calls for roll-out of electronic patient records to be suspended

March 10th, 2010
The BMA has written to the government calling for a suspension of the programme to upload summaries of patients’ medical records in England...

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.

VA investigating security breach of veterans’ medical data

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...