How to reconcile Kaiser’s statements about who can access patient data
March 9th, 2010
Kaiser Permanente does not seem to stick with the same story when it comes to privacy.
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Glitch prompts VA to shut e-health data exchange with Defense
March 4th, 2010
The Veterans Affairs Department closed off access to the Defense Department’s huge electronic health record system on Monday because it found errors in some...
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...
U.S. Health IT Office Reorganizes
February 6th, 2010
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has reorganized into groups including a Chief Privacy Officer.
The U.S. federal government...
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.
Patient Privacy Rights Wants You to Know How Health Data Is Used
December 7th, 2009
Lora Bentley spoke with Ashley Katz, the executive director for Patient Privacy Rights, a national non-profit consumer health privacy watchdog, just before...
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...
ONC to hold closed-door privacy work group meeting
December 7th, 2009
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology plans to host the first work group meeting on privacy and security...
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 =...