The Machinery Behind Health-Care Reform
May 16th, 2009
The Machinery Behind Health-Care Reform: How an Industry Lobby Scored a Swift, Unexpected Victory by Channeling Billions to Electronic Records
What could your health records reveal? Take control. Protect your privacy, liberty and opportunities.
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Committee studies public health, research
May 11th, 2009
The eligibility for $17 billion in economic stimulus law money for health information technology should include requirements for collecting and exchanging electronic public health...
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...
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...
Health Affairs Briefing: Stimulating Health Information Technology
March 10th, 2009
Deborah Peel, MD– Founder & Chair of Patient Privacy Rights– is one of the speakers at this open event, happening March 10th, 2009 in...
HIT experts warn about EHR investment in open letter to Obama
January 30th, 2009
Two healthcare information technology experts have penned an open letter to President Obama, warning him against investing too many federal dollars in existing electronic...
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“Before increasing federal spending on health IT, Congress should first fix the already-outdated 1996 HIPAA privacy rule to ensure individuals have control over their...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...
Bipartisan Coalition Sends Letter To Congress Urging Privacy Protections With Health IT
January 15th, 2009
At today’s news conference, the Coalition for Patient Privacy is releasing a letter sent to Congress advocating for the inclusion of privacy safeguards with...
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...