HHS Withdraws Controversial Breach Notification Rule under HITECH

August 4th, 2010

HHS finally heard all the demands, and retracted the final rule for more consideration.

Tracking Your Every Move?

August 2nd, 2010

CNN's Randi Kaye talks to a WSJ.com technology editor about an article digging deep into the world of internet tracking.

The Web’s New Gold Mine: Your Secrets

July 30th, 2010

A Journal investigation finds that one of the fastest-growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on consumers. First in a series.

Controversial medical records database suspended

April 17th, 2010

A controversial scheme to upload confidential medical records to a national database has been suspended following public outcry.

They got it wrong… AGAIN!

December 31st, 2009

See article: ‘Meaningful Use’ criteria released Can you believe it? Doctors and hospitals that purchase electronic health records (EHRs) ‘wired’ for ‘back-door’ data...

Open Source Research

October 9th, 2009

See the Government Health IT article: NCI to open research grid to cancer patient ‘army’ Women desperate to cure breast cancer are contributing...

Security and Hacking, Real Fears

August 4th, 2009

See the WSJ Article: New Epidemic Fears: Hackers Securing health records in small doctor’s offices and clinics is not easy: small offices can’t...

Bill O’Reilly is REALLY worried about the loss of his personal medical privacy…

July 24th, 2009

So much so that he repeatedly returned to the topic while debating health care reform last night. See Editorial with Video 68% of Americans...

On HealthDataRights.org and their Declaration

June 23rd, 2009

HealthDataRights.org supports only ACCESS to personal health data–which is a no-brainer and a right Americans have always had. The stimulus bill makes clear that...

More than just google

April 29th, 2009

In response to the Consumer Watch article: “U.S. Senate Records Reveal Google Inc. Lobbying Campaign On Personal Medical Records Law Despite Internet Giant’s Denials” This...