Bloggers rally for health data rights
June 23rd, 2009
More than 30 bloggers from the medical, technology and patient advocacy worlds are rallying to support patients’ right to obtain copies of their computerized...
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The Machinery Behind Health-Care Reform
May 16th, 2009
How an Industry Lobby Scored a Swift, Unexpected Victory by Channeling Billions to Electronic Records
When President Obama won approval for his $787 billion stimulus...
U.S. Senate Records Reveal Google Inc. Lobbying Campaign On Personal Medical Records Law Despite Internet Giant’s Denials
April 28th, 2009
First quarter federal reports show Google lobbied on the electronic medical records provisions of the federal economic stimulus act, contradicting the Internet giant’s earlier...
Kaiser fires 15 workers for snooping in octuplet mom’s medical records
March 31st, 2009
Another eight hospital employees disciplined for improperly accessing Nadya Suleman’s files
A Kaiser Permanente hospital located in a Los Angeles suburb has fired 15 employees...
Data Mining Case Heads to the Supreme Court
March 20th, 2009
Two major publishers of health care data filed a petition Friday at the Supreme Court, raising cutting-edge questions about whether increasingly widespread...
Consumer Watchdog Calls on Google to Cease Lobbying Effort to Allow Sale of Patient Medical Records
January 27th, 2009
Urges Congress to Adopt Privacy Protections in Economic Stimulus Bill. The non-partisan Consumer Watchdog called on Google today to cease a rumored lobbying effort...
Economic Stimulus Package Could Impinge on Americans’ Health Privacy
January 15th, 2009
“Before increasing federal spending on health IT, Congress should first fix the already-outdated 1996 HIPAA privacy rule to ensure individuals have control over their...
Economic Stimulus Package Likely To Cost $850 Billion, With Up to $90B for State Medicaid Programs
January 15th, 2009
The economic stimulus package under development by President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats likely will cost almost $850 billion, including up to...
Coalition wants privacy included with healthcare IT funding in stimulus package
January 15th, 2009
WASHINGTON The Coalition for Patient Privacy urged Congress Wednesday to include privacy safeguards with any funding earmarked for healthcare IT in an economic stimulus...
A Medical Records Essential: Privacy
January 4th, 2009
In his Dec. 22 op-ed, “Connecting the Medical Dots,” Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt made some good points about the need for...