Keeping the Record Straight

October 12th, 2007

Hospitals and doctors are putting their paper records into digital form–and now you can, too. Having an electronic “personal health record” has been “a...

Your Health Data, Plugged In to the Web

October 5th, 2007

Microsoft launched a free, ad-supported online health portal called HealthVault yesterday that allows people to upload their medical records to the Web and share...

Microsoft Wants Your Health Records

October 4th, 2007

Step into a medical office, and you’re faced with a paradox of modern medicine. Just beyond the receptionist’s desk are all sorts of cutting-edge...

Electronic medical records at risk of being hacked, report warns

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...

Record-sharing stalls

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...

IT guru says some e-vendor contracts violate privacy

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...

Park Nicollet gets tough on snooping in patient files

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...

Analysis: Health IT’s privacy factor

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...

Privacy Issues Raised As Health Records Go Online

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...

Physician, Upgrade Thyself

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 —...