Stimulating Health IT
March 10th, 2009
Health Affairs Briefing: Deborah Peel, MD, founder & chair of Patient Privacy Rights, represents consumers in a discussion of Health Information Technology and how...
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From Sharing Music to Sharing Medical Records
February 24th, 2009
Scientific American gets it. Do you? View story here.
Dr. Eric Johnson’s latest study is out. Our job is to inform the public and Congress,...
Identity Theft Through Your Health Records
February 3rd, 2009
This post reflects on the article in the Denver Post: Uncovering the Identity Trade Business.
This story details identity theft by a Denver hospital employee. It...
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...
The true problems in HIT
January 30th, 2009
The experts quoted are correct that cost, interoperability, difficulty of use, work-flow disruption, and lack of proof of safety/effectivenss are good reasons not to...
Treasury Moves to Restrict Lobbyists From Influencing Bailout Program
January 28th, 2009
Will we see the same kind of problems the Treasury Dept has had when HHS allocates the 20 Billion in funds for HIT? Will...
Pro-Privacy Will Continue to Grow
January 27th, 2009
More and more genuine consumer pro-privacy groups —as opposed to privacy-lite, industry-supported, faux consumer organizations—are speaking out to restore privacy in electronic health systems....
DoD does WHAT?
December 24th, 2008
It is fascinating that the DoD clearly believes it owns and can use the personal health information of 12 million active duty military personnel...
Electronic Health Records wired for abuse
March 29th, 2008
“Oops! They did it to Britney again.” No, it’s not a song parody, but a reflection of the poor state of American health privacy...
Privacy concerns mount amid the ‘microchipping of America’: Businesses seek patents on more applications for RFID
February 11th, 2008
RFID chips are being used more and more in health care. Today the main use proposed is to track whether you receive “authentic” or...