April 21st, 2007
Sounding more like a defensive parent whose child was under attack than a self-described “distant bureaucrat,” Sue McAndrew had a message to deliver to...
April 20th, 2007
Physician informaticist Robert Kolodner took time out Thursday for a telephone interview to talk about his appointment by HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt as the...
April 11th, 2007
Promoting patient safety while reducing medical errors continues to be the top reason for implementing information technology while a lack of financial and staffing...
April 2nd, 2007
In response to Andis Robeznieks’ article ‘Health IT has potential to ease money woes’, I sincerely believe that health IT has the potential to...
March 28th, 2007
The American Medical Association (AMA) today expressed support for advancing health information technology (HIT) in physician offices, while urging Congress to make privacy and...
March 26th, 2007
While both parties on Capitol Hill maintain a strong interest in passing a health care information technology bill, other legislative priorities and a lack...
March 23rd, 2007
In regard to Todd Sloane’s article Privacy could be IT standards’ deal-breaker: There are two kinds of privacy concerns–liability to patients from unauthorized access...
March 21st, 2007
A federally funded committee seeking to harmonize healthcare information technology standards received an update from its new security and privacy work group Monday. In...
March 19th, 2007
In the past year, lawmakers have struggled in their efforts to pass health information technology legislation. The Senate and House each passed a bill...
March 9th, 2007
When will those formulating health information technology standards at the federal level get the message that privacy is a potential deal-breaker? If the recent...
