October 14th, 2008
The Kabuki we see in the transition to electronic health records obscures two obvious and fundamental issues: The nature of the confidentiality privilege for...
October 14th, 2008
A new Morpace Omnibus study, fielded in September, reveals that 48 percent of American adults support creation of a nationwide system of medical records,...
October 13th, 2008
Is the government looking for terrorists in Americans’ electronic medical records? Admittedly, it’s an astonishing question, but for many months, this year and last,...
October 10th, 2008
I can’t stand it any longer! This nonsense that electronic health records will save money must stop! We have a six-man orthopedic group in...
September 26th, 2008
A state-led consortium of individuals and organizations in New York has published a draft set of recommendations on how to standardize consent policies for...
September 23rd, 2008
As members of Congress weigh legislation to create a nationwide system of electronic health records, states are poised to act quickly through coordinated efforts...
September 22nd, 2008
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has yet to devise a comprehensive plan to protect the privacy of individuals’ electronic medical records,...
September 19th, 2008
England Changes Stance on Patient Consent Policy for Electronic Records
A national electronic record of patients’ health looks finally on the cards five years late...
September 19th, 2008
A national electronic record of patients’ health looks finally on the cards five years late after the NHS IT programme on Thursday changed the...
September 18th, 2008
The advent of “in the cloud” medical records services, such as Microsoft HealthVault and Google Health, promises an explosion in the storage of personal...
