New privacy rules, old technology creating a lot of headaches

February 12th, 2010
What’s driving people craziest about the big national push to convert to EMRs? Maybe it’s the technology that some people don’t like. Maybe it’s...

Paperless Medicine?

January 28th, 2010
Electronic medical records that follow patients from doctor to doctor. Hospitals with instantaneous online access to lab results and health histories. Disease researchers with...

Health Care’s Digital Privacy Debate

January 25th, 2010
A new study points to distrust in government and private industry when it comes to electronic health records.

Gov’t. won’t always rule HIT: Blumenthal to NCQA

December 7th, 2009
Private industry, not the federal government, will eventually drive health information technology initiatives, said David Blumenthal, national coordinator for health information technology...

Patient Privacy Rights Grades Online Health Record Providers on Protections

December 3rd, 2009
Personal health records have been around for awhile. Microsoft’s HealthVault, for instance, entered beta in 2007. Google jumped into the fray not...

PHR Report Card from Patient Privacy Rights – Google Health Gets D/F, No More Clipboard Gets Only A?

December 3rd, 2009
In short, this sector is a long way from maturity. There are still huge problems to solve in the space. Mixed feelings =...

Patient Privacy Rights grades five PHRs

December 2nd, 2009
Platforms provided by employers and insurers received an “F” rating from the report card. …Katz said PPR could not grade the Partners/Programs on...

Electronic health records could be a deadly target during a cyberwar

November 20th, 2009
Most health officials worry about hackers stealing sensitive information such as an AIDS diagnosis from someone’s electronic medical record, but a technology...

Smartphones start doing the rounds

November 3rd, 2009
Pagers have for long been considered the doctor’s sidekick but in the United States, as hospitals face pressure for greater efficiency, smartphones...

Living Online: Privacy and Security Issues in a Digital Age

November 3rd, 2009
Deborah Peel, MD spoke on a panel with three others at the American Constitution Society’s Conference.